THE PERCEPTION OF TRANSPARENT 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS

Authors
PURVES D ANDREWS TJ
Citation
D. Purves et Tj. Andrews, THE PERCEPTION OF TRANSPARENT 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 94(12), 1997, pp. 6517-6522
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
94
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
6517 - 6522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1997)94:12<6517:TPOT3O>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
When the proximal and distal elements of wire-frame cubes are conflate d, observers perceive illusory structures that no longer behave veridi cally. These phenomena suggest that what we normally see depends on vi sual associations generated by experience. The necessity of such learn ing may explain why the mammalian visual system is subject to a prolon ged period of plasticity in early life, when novel circuits are made i n enormous numbers.