Apparent Foveofugal Drift of Counterphase Gratings
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perception
- Vol. 7 (5) , 527-536
- https://doi.org/10.1068/p070527
Abstract
Counterphase gratings, and several other stimuli which consist of equal components of motion in both directions, appeared to drift foveofugally, rather than foveopetally, when presented to the retinal periphery. This ‘foveofugal drift effect’ was demonstrated by descriptive and nulling techniques and its magnitude was shown to vary across subjects. The effect was fairly brief under continuous fixation. Several lines of evidence suggested that eye movements were not responsible for the effect. The phenomenon implies a directional asymmetry in the human visual system which may be related to our consistent exposure to expanding patterns of visual flow.Keywords
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