The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet effect and brightness induction both proceed by the spreading of brightness information

T. Maddess; M. P. Davey; M. V. Srinivasan; A. C. James

doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01387.x

The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet effect and brightness induction both proceed by the spreading of brightness information

T. Maddess^*, M. P. Davey, M. V. Srinivasan, A. C. James

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Background: The Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet effect (COCE) is a visual illusion where the luminance of image boundaries sets the apparent brightness of enclosed regions. The COCE may be produced by the cortex constructing the observed brightness through a lateral 'filling-in' process: propagating brightness information from the edges of the enclosed regions towards their centres. Any such filling-in process would imply a speed of propagation. Methods: Data on the propagation speed of brightness information in two different brightness induction effects are compared using a multivariate regression analysis. Results/Conclusion: We demonstrate similar non-zero speeds for the COCE and for a brightness contrast effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S95-S97
Number of pages	3
Journal	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	26
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01387.x
Publication status	Published - 7 Dec 2009

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