title: Line orientation adaptation: local or global?
abstract: Prolonged exposure to an oriented line shifts the perceived orientation of a subsequently observed line in the opposite direction, a phenomenon known as the tilt aftereffect (TAE). Here we consider whether the TAE for line stimuli is mediated by a mechanism that integrates the local parts of the line into a single global entity prior to the site of adaptation, or the result of the sum of local TAEs acting separately on the parts of the line. To test between these two alternatives we used the fact the TAE transfers almost completely across luminance contrast polarity [1]. We measured the TAE using adaptor and test lines that (1) either alternated in luminance polarity or were of a single polarity, and (2) either alternated in local orientation or were of a single orientation. We reasoned that if the TAE was agnostic to luminance polarity and was parts-based, we should obtain large TAEs using alternating-polarity adaptors with single-polarity tests. However we found that (i) TAEs using one-alternating-polarity adaptors with all-white tests were relatively small, increased slightly for two-alternating-polarity adaptors, and were largest with all-white or all-black adaptors. (ii) however TAEs were relatively large when the test was one-alternating polarity, irrespective of the adaptor type. (iii) The results with orientation closely mirrored those obtained with polarity with the difference that the TAE transfer across orthogonal orientations was weak. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the TAE for lines is mediated by a global shape mechanism that integrates the parts of lines into whole prior to the site of orientation adaptation. The asymmetry in the magnitude of TAE depending on whether the alternating-polarity lines was the adaptor or test can be explained by an imbalance in the population of neurons sensitive to 1(st)-and 2(nd)-order lines, with the 2(nd)-order lines being encoded by a subset of the mechanisms sensitive to 1(st)-order lines.
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling, Department of Psychology, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gheorghiu
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Frederick A A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kingdom
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D005366:Figural Aftereffect / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation
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