Attractors and perceptual field dynamics of homogeneous stimulus areas |
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Authors: | M. Stadler P. H. Richter S. Pfaff P. Kruse |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Cognitive Psychology, University of Bremen, Postfach 33 04 40, W-2800 Bremen 33, Germany;(2) Department of Physics and Institute for Dynamical Systems, University of Bremen, Postfach 33 04 40, W-2800 Bremen 33, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary The phenomenon of the wandering point on a blank sheet of paper in serial reproductions is the starting point of an investigation of the perceptual field structure of homogeneous stimulus areas; 609 stimulus points distributed regularly in 21 rows and 29 columns on a DIN A4 sheet were presented successively to 10 subjects and had to be reproduced immediately afterwards in order to establish empirical vector fields. These were subjected to vector-analytic procedures. A method for the decomposition of the measured vector fields into partitions from gradient potentials and circulation potentials is demonstrated. The gradient potentials of the empirical vector fields revealed a highly regular structure with four point attractors near the corners of the sheet. A model calculation of the wandering point in this potential landscape showed results comparable to the empirical phenomenon. The results are discussed in favor of Gestalt theory and against direct perception. |
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