Motion-dependent filling-in of spatiotemporal information at the blind spot

• Main Authors: Maus, Gerrit W., Whitney, David
• Other Authors: Herzog, Michael H.
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Spatiotemporal Information; Blind Spot; DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80465; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We usually do not notice the blind spot, a receptor-free region on the retina. Stimuli extending through the blind spot appear filled in. However, if an object does not reach through but ends in the blind spot, it is perceived as “cut off” at the boundary. Here we show that even when there is no cor...