Carbone Elena, Pomplun Marc
Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany.
Psychol Res. 2007 Nov;71(6):709-15. doi: 10.1007/s00426-006-0060-8. Epub 2006 Apr 28.
When asked to indicate the starting position of a fast moving stimulus, observers do not indicate the actual starting position but a later position on the motion trajectory. This perceptual illusion is known as the "Fröhlich effect". We present a neural model aimed at simulating this phenomenon based on feedforward and feedback connections. The basic simulation mechanisms seem to be compatible with the attentional and the motion extrapolation account. A comparison between simulated and empirical results showed that the model is capable of generating the same main effects as those found in the empirical data.
