Latency for the perceived offset of brief target gratings

Observers adjusted a brief auditory probe to coincide with the phenomenal offset of a 50-msec target grating of varying spatial frequency. Increasing spatial frequency increased the chosen latency for the probe, while increasing grating luminance decreased the chosen latency for the probe. These results were interpreted in terms of the sensitivity of off-responses in the visual system to these stimulus variables. These latencies for off-responses were specifically distinguished from visual persistence which is generally longer lasting and exhibits opposite relationships with the same stimulus variables.

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