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. 1968 Dec 6;162(3858):1146-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.162.3858.1146-a.

Size-detecting mechanisms in human vision

A Pantle, R Sekuler

Size-detecting mechanisms in human vision

A Pantle et al. Science. .

Abstract

Inspecting a pattern of alternating dark and light bars makes it difficult to see a similar pattern presented afterward. This phenomenon can be used to isolate mechanisms responsive to bars of a given width. Our results suggest that the human visual system contains several different classes of size detectors, each maximally sensitive to visual targets with sizes in a particular range.

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