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- Title
Reduction of stimulus visibility compresses apparent time intervals.
- Authors
Terao, Masahiko; Watanabe, Junji; Yagi, Akihiro; Nishida, Shin'ya
- Abstract
The neural mechanisms underlying visual estimation of subsecond durations remain unknown, but perisaccadic underestimation of interflash intervals may provide a clue as to the nature of these mechanisms. Here we found that simply reducing the flash visibility, particularly the visibility of transient signals, induced similar time underestimation by human observers. Our results suggest that weak transient responses fail to trigger the proper detection of temporal asynchrony, leading to increased perception of simultaneity and apparent time compression.
- Subjects
VISIBILITY; NERVOUS system; NEURAL stimulation; TRANSIENTS (Dynamics); SENSORY perception
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 5, p541
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn.2111