title: A possible explanation of the low-level brightness-contrast illusions in the light of an extended classical receptive field model of retinal ganglion cells.
abstract: The low-level brightness-contrast illusions constitute a special class within visual illusions. Speculations exist that these illusions may be processed through the filtering action of the retinal ganglion cells without necessitating much intervention from higher order processes of visual perception. Concept of the classical receptive field of the ganglion cell, derived from early physiological studies, prompted the idea that a Difference of Gaussian (DoG) model might explain the low-level illusions. In spite of its many successes, the DoG model fails to explain some of these illusions. It has been shown in this paper that it is possible to simulate those illusions with a model that takes into cognizance the role of the extended classical receptive field.
authors.forename: Kuntal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Kamales
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhaumik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016011:Normal Distribution; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*