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A Model of the Broca–Sulzer Effect

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The Broca–Sulzer phenomenon is one of the aspects of the problem of subjective deformation of the real world, the mystery of consciousness. The Broca–Sulzer effect is manifested in the excess of a subjective brightness at short durations of the stimulus. Despite a long history of the study, the effect has no satisfactory theory of the mechanism of its occurrence. A model for the formation of the Broca–Sulzer effect based on the theory of a tremor modulation signal in the visual system was proposed in the work. The possibility of using the Broca–Sulzer effect as a marker and tool for estimating the functional state, adaptation, and maladaptation to changing environmental conditions is also demonstrated. Understanding the nature of the phenomenon has an exceptional theoretical and practical significance for different fields of knowledge.

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  1. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    S. I. Lyapunov

  2. St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    I. I. Shoshina

  3. Siberian Federal University, 660041, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    I. I. Shoshina

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Translated by A. Barkhash

Abbreviations: TMS, tremor modulation signal; GC, ganglion cells.

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Lyapunov, S.I., Shoshina, I.I. A Model of the Broca–Sulzer Effect. BIOPHYSICS 67, 1039–1045 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350922060136

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