Spatial interactions determine temporal feature integration as revealed by unmasking

• Authors: Michael H. Herzog , Elisabeth Lesemann , Christian W. Eurich

Abstracts

EN

Feature integration is one of the most fundamental problems in neuroscience. In a recent contribution, we showed that a trailing grating can diminish the masking effects one vernier exerts on another, preceding vernier. Here, we show that this temporal unmasking depends on neural spatial interactions related to the trailing grating. Hence, our paradigm allows us to study the spatio-temporal interactions underlying feature integration.

Keywords

EN

Spatio-temporal integration; unmasking; visual system

• Publisher: VIZJA University
• Journal: Advances in Cognitive Psychology
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 77-85

Contributors

author

Michael H. Herzog

author

Elisabeth Lesemann

• Institut für Kognitionswissenschaft, Universität Osnabrück, Germany

author

Christian W. Eurich

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10053-008-0046-8