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By the same token, some cells
in the visual system are most
responsive to one direction of
contour motion. If these are
fatigued, the cells responsive to
the opposite direction of
contour motion are, by
comparison, more active.
Hence stationary contours
stimulating that region of the
retina will create an
impression of motion in the
opposite direction. These
adaptation effects, of both color
and motion, are clearly sensory
in origin. In fact, the motion
aftereffect is paradoxical in
one respect. A sensation of
motion (or of expansion or
contraction) does exist, but the
contours do not appear to be
going anywhere. No doubt this
occurs because other
information continues to
indicate no change in location.
If this kind of explanation of
the aftereffect of motion is
correct, the phenomenon is
different from all the other
kinds of motion perception that
were considered in this
chapter. Whereas it can be
explained in terms of localized
sensory mechanisms and is not
an aftereffect of motion
perception but rather of a
certain kind of sensory
stimulation, the other
phenomena cannot be
explained simply in terms of
sensory mechanisms and do
concern the perception of
motion. Contrary to what might
seem to be a plausible
explanation of motion
perception, the displacement of
an objectΓÇÖs image over the
retina cannot account for such
perception, although it is
relevant information to be
taken into account. We have
seen that illusions of motion of
various kinds--induced,
directional, apparent, and
autokinetic--as well as the
perception of real motion, are
based on more complex central
processes entailing constancy
operations, relativistic
comparisons often based on
structures serving as reference
frames, and unconscious
problem solving.
A number of new concepts and
principles have thus emerged
in connection with the various
phenomena of perceived
motion that were not relevant
in the earlier discussions of
static phenomena. In
particular, we have seen for
the first time how the body of
the observer, the visible self, is
another object in the field that
conforms to the same lawful
processes that govern the
perception of other objects.
Some of these same concepts
will come up again in the next
chapter, where we consider
how we perceive the
orientation of objects and
ourselves in the world.