Kalpadakis-Smith, Alexandra V;
Tailor, Vijay K;
Dahlmann-Noor, Annegret H;
Greenwood, John A;
(2022)
Crowding changes appearance systematically in peripheral, amblyopic, and developing vision.
Journal of Vision
, 22
(6)
pp. 1-32.
10.1167/jov.22.6.3.
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Abstract
Visual crowding is the disruptive effect of clutter on object recognition. Although most prominent in adult peripheral vision, crowding also disrupts foveal vision in typically developing children and those with strabismic amblyopia. Do these crowding effects share the same mechanism? Here we exploit observations that crowded errors in peripheral vision are not random: Target objects appear either averaged with the flankers (assimilation) or replaced by them (substitution). If amblyopic and developmental crowding share the same mechanism, then their errors should be similarly systematic. We tested foveal vision in children aged 3 to 8 years with typical vision or strabismic amblyopia and peripheral vision in typical adults. The perceptual effects of crowding were measured by requiring observers to adjust a reference stimulus to match the perceived orientation of a target “Vac-Man” element. When the target was surrounded by flankers that differed by ± 30°, all three groups (adults and children with typical or amblyopic vision) reported orientations between the target and flankers (assimilation). Errors were reduced with ± 90° differences but primarily matched the flanker orientation (substitution) when they did occur. A population pooling model of crowding successfully simulated this pattern of errors in all three groups. We conclude that the perceptual effects of amblyopic and developing crowding are systematic and resemble the near periphery in adults, suggesting a common underlying mechanism.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crowding changes appearance systematically in peripheral, amblyopic, and developing vision |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1167/jov.22.6.3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.6.3 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148072 |
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