title: Some new luminance-gradient effects.
abstract: Three compelling luminance-gradient effects are described. The first effect concerns a brightness enhancement and a luminous mist spreading out from a central area having the same luminance as the white background and surrounded by four rectangular inducers shaded with a linear luminance gradient. The second effect is perceived with a photographically reversed configuration, and concerns what may be considered a brightness reduction or the enhancement of a darkness quality of a target area of the visual scene. The third effect concerns the perception of a self-luminous disk inside a somewhat foggy medium. The effects are worthy of further examination because they challenge current theories of luminosity perception and brightness perception in general.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova, Italy. dzavagno@psico.unipd.it
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zavagno
mesh_terms: D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009903:Optical Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology