Some observations on the masking effects of Mach bands

Curnow, Tamara; Cowie, Dorothy; Henning, G. Bruce and Hill, N. Jeremy. 2007. Some observations on the masking effects of Mach bands. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 24(10), pp. 3233-3241. ISSN 1084-7529 [Article]

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There are 8 cycle/deg ripples or oscillations in performance as a function of location near Mach bands in experiments measuring Mach bands' masking effects on random polarity signal bars. The oscillations with increments are 180 degree out of phase with those for decrements. The oscillations, much larger than the measurement error, appear to relate to the weighting function of the spatial-frequency-tuned channel detecting the broadband signals. The ripples disappear with step maskers and become much smaller at durations below 25 ms, implying either that the site of masking has changed or that the weighting function and hence spatial-frequency tuning is slow to develop.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.24.003233

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology > InfantLab

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DateEvent
2007Published

Item ID:

5076

Date Deposited:

03 Mar 2011 15:29

Last Modified:

06 Jun 2016 17:22

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5076

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