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In search of the ultimate evidence: The fastest visual reaction adapts to environment, not retinal locations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Boris M. Velichkovsky  and
Sebastian Pannasch
Boris M. Velichkovsky
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden Germanyvelich@applied-cognition.orgwww.applied-cognition.org pannasch@applied-cognition.org www.applied-cognition.org
Sebastian Pannasch
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden Germanyvelich@applied-cognition.orgwww.applied-cognition.org pannasch@applied-cognition.org www.applied-cognition.org
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Abstract

The sensorimotor account of perception is akin to Gibsonian direct realism. Both emphasize external properties of the world, challenging views based on the analysis of internal visual processing. To compare the role of distal and retinotopic parameters, distractor effect – an optomotor reaction of midbrain origin – is considered. Even in this case, permanence in the environment, not on the retina, explains the dynamics of habituation.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 1008 - 1009
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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