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A forced-choice visual acuity task was used to assess visual backward masking and recovery in two experiments. In the masking conditions, the target was closely followed in time by a patterned stimulus. In the recovery condition, the patterned masking stimulus was followed, in turn, by a homogeneous flash of light. The homogeneous flash was found to enhance observer performance. This enhancement held under both dark adaptation and light adaptation as well as when observers were given immediate feedback about their performance.
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Research was partially supported by a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration to the second author.
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Purcell, D.G., Stewart, A.L. Visual masking by a patterned stimulus and recovery of observer performance. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 457–460 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337536
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337536