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Differential-Activation Theory Can Account for the Ternus Display: Rejoinder to Petersik

Published:2010-01-01 Issue:5 Volume:39 Page:711-717
ISSN:0301-0066
Container-title:Perception
language:en
Short-container-title:Perception

Author:

Odic Darko¹,Pratt Jay²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

2. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada

Abstract

The Ternus display is a bistable apparent-motion display that has captivated researchers for decades. Recently, Odic and Pratt (2008, Perception37 1790–1804) provided evidence against the well-known two-process theory of Braddick and Adlard [1978, Visual Psychophysics and Physiology (New York: Academic Press) pp 417–426] and provided an explanatory framework using the differential-activation theory of Gilroy et al (2001, Perception & Psychophysics63 847–861). A comment by Petersik (this issue) challenges the methodology and theoretical implications of Odic and Pratt, and claims that the two-process distinction still has a role to play in the Ternus display. In this rejoinder, we examine the main points made by Petersik and expand on the differential-activation theory and its applicability to the Ternus display.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Artificial Intelligence,Sensory Systems,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Ophthalmology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1068/p6625

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