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In a series of experiments, we found that in addition to expected reports of color aftereffects on patterns viewed during induction, reliable and predictable reports of color were given by subjects to patterns they did not view during induction. These reports to noninduced patterns were generally to patterns that were orthogonal to the patterns seen during induction. Induction with, for example, a red vertical grating led to appropriate aftereffects (i.e., green) on that vertical pat. tern and to the complementary aftereffect (i.e., pink) on a horizontal grating. We suggest that such color aftereffects on noninduced patterns are based on a shift in the activity of orientation coding mechanisms as a result of viewing the inducing patterns. We further propose that the results are consistent with the Lie transformation group theory of neuropsychology and that they add to a growing body of research demonstrating the applicability of this theory to the understanding of pattern-contingent color aftereffects.
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This work was supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grant A1643 to G. K. Humphrey and Grant AOO44toP. C. Dodwell and D. W. Muir.
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Humphrey, G.K., Dodwell, P.C. & Emerson, V.F. Pattern-contingent color aftereffects on noninduced patterns. Perception & Psychophysics 45, 97–109 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208044
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