Brightness Induction from Uniform and Complex Surrounds: A General Model

We studied the brightness induced from complex non-figural achromatic surrounds. A spatially uniform test field was surrounded by a random texture composed of two sets of dots. The luminance of each set of dots was modulated sinusoidally at 0.5 Hz. The mean luminance, phase and amplitude of modulation of each set were controlled independently so as to modulate the luminance and/or the contrast of the surround. Brightness induction was measured by a modulation nulling technique. The results were fit by a model in which the total brightness induced by a surround is equal to a weighted spatial summation of the induced effects from each point in the surround. The model incorporates local luminance gain controls in the test and surround fields and assumes that the magnitude of induction from each surround element is gain controlled by the difference between the mean luminance of the test and the individual surround elements.

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