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Visual adaptation to tilt and displacement were compared to test whether they were dependent on the same or different processes. Although interocular transfer was essentially complete for both transforms, marked differences occurred between the two kinds of optical transforms in terms of rate of adaptation as a function of exposure time and transform magnitude, level of compensation, and rate of decay. Tilt and displacement appear to be quantitatively different, consistent with the idea of a different locus for each adaptation effect. This conclusion was supported by the absence of a correlation between individual performance under the two transforms. The possibility is discussed that displacement and tilt adaptation involve independent visual systems for the perception of location and form.
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This paper is based on a dissertation submitted to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The author is grateful for the advice and encouragement of Sheldon M. Ebenholtz. William Epstein,and Dominic W. Massaro and the helpful comments of fellow graduate students.
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Redding, G.M. Visual adaptation to tilt and displacement: Sameor different processes?. Perception & Psychophysics 14, 193–200 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198633
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