Some evidence for a comparator in adaptation to optical tilt.
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 77 (1) , 94-100
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025739
Abstract
IN 3 EXPERIMENTS, AFTER VARYING PERIODS OF ADAPTATION TO A ROTATED VISUAL FIELD, 16 FEMALE STUDENTS WERE IMMEDIATELY EXPOSED TO A CHANGED OPTICAL TILT EQUAL IN MAGNITUDE TO THEIR PREVIOUSLY ATTAINED LEVEL OF ADAPTATION (LA). IN ALL CASES LA DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE TRANSFER PERIOD. THE RESULTS CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE EFFECTIVE STIMULUS FOR ADAPTATION IS THE ANGULAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LA AND PRISM TILT. PERFORMANCE IN OTHER TRANSFER SITUATIONS WAS CONSONANT WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE S COMPARES PRESENT WITH PREVIOUS OPTICAL TILT AND THAT ADAPTATION IS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF THIS ANGULAR DIFFERENCE. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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