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Facilitating Stable Representations: Serial Dependence in Vision

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  • Jennifer E Corbett
  • Jason Fischer
  • David Whitney

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We tested whether the intervening time between multiple glances influences the independence of the resulting visual percepts. Observers estimated how many dots were present in brief displays that repeated one, two, three, four, or a random number of trials later. Estimates made farther apart in time were more independent, and thus carried more information about the stimulus when combined. In addition, estimates from different visual field locations were more independent than estimates from the same location. Our results reveal a retinotopic serial dependence in visual numerosity estimates, which may be a mechanism for maintaining the continuity of visual perception in a noisy environment.

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  • Jennifer E Corbett & Jason Fischer & David Whitney, 2011. "Facilitating Stable Representations: Serial Dependence in Vision," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0016701
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016701
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