Correlation between the chromatic visual evoked response and McCollough aftereffect.

Eighteen subjects received a 10-min exposure to alternating stripe-color patterns designed to elicit the orientation-specific McCollough red and green complementary aftereffect (CAE). They were also exposed to 7 Hz flickering red and green light in order to elicit the chromatic visual evoked response (CVER) from occipital and vertex electrodes. Spectral analysis of the sinusoid-like occipital CVER was then compared with strength of aftereffect. Although CVER activity at the fundamental frequency did not correlate significantly with CAE. significant correlations were obtained for CVER activity at higher harmonic frequencies. The results showed that 14 and 21 Hz activity of the green CVER correlated positively with green CAE, and 21 and 28 Hz activity of the red CVER correlated positively with red CAE. These findings agree with the hypothesis that color coding of red involves a faster neural system. Moreover, it appears that achromatic test stimuli elicit complementary aftereffects, the subjective strength of which is not related to the CVER of the training color, but rather the effectiveness of the experienced color to evoke CVER harmonic activity during direct stimulation.

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