Contextual temporal features of the flash illusion

Abstract

Simultaneous processing of pieces of information spread in space and/or in time depends on multiple factors [Chatterjee et al. 2011]. Studies regarding the effects of context on the visual target perception are generally addressing the spatial variables. For a deeper understanding of contextual effects in the temporal domain this study is aimed to gain information about one of the unimodal illusions called Phantom flashes. Here, a single target flash with multiple inducer flashes can be perceived as several flashes.