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With extended viewing, a triangle-wave grating takes on an unstable, illusory appearance, such that at times it more nearly resembles a square-wave grating. Prior adaptation to a genuine square-wave grating temporarily reduces the incidence of this illusory percept, stabilizing the appearance of a triangle-wave grating. The present experiment measured the effect of adapting to a square-wave grating that was suppressed during binocular rivalry for a substantial portion of the adaptation period. Rivalry suppression reduced the effectiveness of the adaptation pattern, indicating that the neural site of adaptation follows the locus of suppression.
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Blake, R., Bravo, M. Binocular rivalry suppression interferes with phase adaptation. Perception & Psychophysics 38, 277–280 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207155
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