Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marina Bloj, Professor Anya Hurlbert
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
The traditional achromatic Mach card effect is an example of lightness inconstancy and a demonstration of how shape and lightness perception interact. We present a quantitative study of this phenomenon and explore the conditions under which it occurs. The results demonstrate that observers show lightness constancy only when sufficient information is available about the light-source position, and the perceptual task required of them is surface identification rather than direct colour-appearance matching. An analysis and comparison of these results with the chromatic Mach card effect (Bloj et al 1999 Nature 402 877-879) demonstrate that the luminance effects of mutual illumination do not account for the change in lightness perception in the traditional Mach card.
Author(s): Hurlbert AC; Bloj MG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Perception
Year: 2002
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
Pages: 233-246
Print publication date: 01/01/2002
ISSN (print): 0301-0066
ISSN (electronic): 1468-4233
Publisher: Pion Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p01sp
DOI: 10.1068/p01sp
PubMed id: 11922135
Altmetrics provided by Altmetric