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The contribution of local and global influence on angular induction was evaluated by varying the orientation of individual segments that were organized into an array. It was found, that-some of the misprojection of an oblique is determined by the orientation of the individual segments, and some by the overall configuration of the segments into two parallel-bands. These results are integrated into a model that views angular induction as a lateral bias among orientation-sensitive neurons, with global influence differing from local influence only as a matter of scale.
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This research was supported in part by the Neuropsychology Foundation. Sabah Al-Quaddoomi was on a sabbatical leave at USC from Kuwait University for the 1987-88 academic year.
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Greene, E., Al-Quaddoomi, S. Use of segment arrays to evaluate the strength of angular induction. Perception & Psychophysics 47, 243–252 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204999
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