title: Motion repulsion arises from stimulus statistics when analyzed with a clustering algorithm.
abstract: Motion repulsion is the perceived enlargement of the angle between the directions of motion of two transparently moving patterns. An explanation of this illusion has long been sought for in the neural circuitry of the brain. We show that motion repulsion already arises from the statistical properties of the motion transparency problem when analyzed with a clustering algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA. amahani@hbar.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Alireza S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mahani
authors.forename: Anders E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Carlsson
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wessel
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000465:Algorithms; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004215:Distance Perception / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009038:Motion; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*