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RETINAL INHIBITION IN VISUAL DISTORTION
Author(s) -
ROBINSON J. O.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01113.x
Subject(s) - illusion , psychology , optical illusion , distortion (music) , cognitive psychology , visual perception , lateral inhibition , cognitive science , neuroscience , perception , computer science , amplifier , computer network , bandwidth (computing)
Objections to Gregory's theory of the visual distortions and illusions are reviewed and an alternative theory involving inhibitory processes at the retinal level is proposed. This theory, however, deals only with distortions and not with illusions.