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Pattern contingent color aftereffects were measured using a color cancellation technique in 6-, 8-, 10-, and 20-year-old subjects. Postadaptation test conditions involved immediate testing or testing after subjects were blindfolded for 60 min between adaptation and posttests. The 6- and 8-year-old subjects exhibited color aftereffects whose magnitude was significantly greater than those observed in 10- and 20-year-olds. In addition, aftereffect magnitude was significantlygreater after 60 min in the dark than when subjects were tested immediately. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the development of perceptual learning.
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Bologna, N.B., May, J.G. & Kunen, S. Age-related differences in the magnitude of pattern-contingent color aftereffects. Perception & Psychophysics 36, 349–352 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202788
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