Hemifield Differences in Perceived Velocity

Measurements of the perceived velocity of a drifting grating were obtained as a function of the position of the grating in the visual field. Identical drifting gratings were presented at the same eccentricity in the left, right, upper, and lower hemifields, and the perceived velocities were compared. A group of ten subjects considered together showed no significant hemifield differences in perceived velocity. However, some individual subjects showed marked and systematic hemifield differences, the directions of which varied among the subjects. There were no hemifield differences in susceptibility to adaptation to moving gratings.

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