Abstract
Exposure to visual Stimuli can alter the detectability and appearance of subsequent Stimuli. These aftereffects fall into three broad classes:
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Retinal effects (afterimages)
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Central effects due to fatigue
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Central effects not entirely due to fatigue
Aftereffects are important not so much for their impact on normal vision but for the information they reveal about structure and function in human vision. Aftereffects are among the most powerful tools in the noninvasive dissection of the human visual system.
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Class one
Brown JL (1965): Afterimages. In: Vision and Visual Perception. CH Graham, ed. New York: Wiley
Class two and three
Favreau OE (1976): Negative aftereffects in visual processes. Sei Am 235: 42–48
On the uses of aftereffects
Wolfe JM (1983): Hidden visual processes. Sei Am 248: 94–103
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Wolfe, J.M. (1988). Visual Aftereffects. In: Sensory System I. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6647-6_36
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