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Interactions of chromaticity and luminance in edge identification depend on chromaticity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2005

VIVIANNE C. SMITH  and
JOEL POKORNY
VIVIANNE C. SMITH
Affiliation:
Visual Science Laboratories, University of Chicago, Chicago
JOEL POKORNY
Affiliation:
Visual Science Laboratories, University of Chicago, Chicago
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Abstract

The goal of this work was to study interactions of chromaticity and luminance in edge identification. Two horizontal spatial sawtooth patterns, one with positive and the other with negative harmonics, were compared in a two-alternative forced-choice (2-AFC) procedure. The observer identified which pattern had sharp upper or lower edges. The fundamental frequency was 2 cycles/deg (cpd), with 5 cycles presented in a 2.5-deg square field. The pattern was presented as a 1-s raised temporal cosine, replacing part of an 8-deg background. Stimuli were specified in a cone troland (l, s, Y) chromaticity space, with correction for individual equiluminance at a nominal 115 td, and individual tritan direction. A preliminary set of interleaved staircases established edge identification for the six directions of the (l, s, Y) space. Three compound stimuli combining two orthogonal directions were chosen and included with the end-points in five randomly interleaved staircases. For combinations of Y with l-chromaticity, or l- with s-chromaticity, probability summation was observed. Combinations of Y with s-chromaticity revealed opponency. Data for +s, +Y and −s, −Y were subadditive; data for +s, −Y and −s, +Y were additive. Control studies using detection rather than edge identification revealed probability summation for all combinations. Luminance edges did not enhance stimuli with l-chromaticities. There was an interaction of luminance edges with s-chromaticities. Dim “blues” and bright “yellows” showed linear summation. Bright “blues” and dim “yellows” showed opponency.

Keywords

Edge identificationChromaticityLuminance
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 2004 , pp. 377 - 382
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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