Fig. 1
From: A reevaluation of the visual phantom illusion and its impact on the motion aftereffect
Examples of visual phantom inducers and phantom-control inducers. (a) Example of dim phantoms: The luminance within the blank gap region matches that of the darkest portions of the grating inducers, eliciting the impression of dim phantom stripes that extend through the gap for most observers. (b) Light phantoms: The luminance of the blank gap region matches that of the light portions of the inducers, eliciting the impression of light phantom stripes that extend through the uniform gap. (c) Phantom-control gratings: the luminance within the blank gap matches the mean luminance of the grating inducers, eliciting a weaker impression of an opposite-phase pattern in the gap. (d) Phantom-control gratings with a narrower gap between grating inducers, leading to a stronger impression of an opposite-phase pattern. Note that identical grating inducers are shown in all four plots.
