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  • Title: Shape perception in human vision: specialized detectors for concentric spatial structures?
    Author: Kurki I, Saarinen J.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 2004 Apr 22; 360(1-2):100-2. PubMed ID: 15082188.
    Abstract:
    It has been suggested that second-order shape integration mechanisms in human spatial vision (e.g. the neurons at V2 and V4 cortical areas) may contain specialized detectors for concentric shapes [Vision Res. 37 (1997) 2325; Vision Res. 38 (1998) 2933]. We tested this notion using psychophysical techniques in which the observers' task was to detect orientation noise (randomly oriented dot pairs) in concentric and linear Glass patterns. Our results showed that the detection of orientation noise was easier in concentric Glass patterns, thus supporting the notion of specialized detectors.
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