title: Tilt aftereffect and adaptation-induced changes in orientation tuning in visual cortex.
abstract: The tilt aftereffect (TAE) is a visual illusion in which prolonged adaptation to an oriented stimulus causes shifts in subsequent perceived orientations. Historically, neural models of the TAE have explained it as the outcome of response suppression of neurons tuned to the adapting orientation. Recent physiological studies of neurons in primary visual cortex (V1) have confirmed that such response suppression exists. However, it was also found that the preferred orientations of neurons shift away from the adapting orientation. Here we show that adding this second factor to a population coding model of V1 improves the correspondence between neurophysiological data and TAE measurements. According to our model, the shifts in preferred orientation have the opposite effect as response suppression, reducing the magnitude of the TAE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, USA. djin@phys.psu.edu
authors.forename: Dezhe Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dragoi
authors.forename: Mriganka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: H Sebastian
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seung
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005366:Figural Aftereffect / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*