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Recent studies have demonstrated inhibition between channels selective to contour orientation in the human visual system. On the basis of adaptation studies, it has also been suggested that the human visual system contains channels jointly responsive to both contour orientation and wavelength. The present paper investigates inhibition between such channels. Two experiments demonstrated that, with simultaneous presentation of a center vertical target grating and a concentric surround grating, the threshold and the apparent orientation of the center grating depended on the relative orientations of the two gratings and also on whether they were viewed in the same or in different colored light. Color selectivity in both experiments was found across a wider range of angular separations than has generally been reported for successive presentation of the two stimuli. These results suggest inhibition between channels selective to combinations of contour orientation and wavelength in the human visual system.
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Lovegrove, W. Inhibition between channels selective to contour orientation and wavelength in the human visual system. Perception & Psychophysics 22, 49–53 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206079
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