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ArticleVision research2025

Effects of brief and prolonged blur adaptation on visual search and discrimination.

Idris Shareef, Nasif Zaman, Michael Webster, Alireza Tavakkoli, Fang Jiang

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Article in Vision research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Idris ShareefDepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Electronic address: ishareef@unr.edu.
Nasif ZamanDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Michael WebsterDepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Alireza TavakkoliDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Fang JiangDepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

Funding

Virtual and Augmented Reality Interaction CoreP30GM145646 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI MICHAEL A WEBSTER · 2022 to 2026
$6.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM145646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adaptation to blurred or sharpened images has a large and rapid effect on perceived image focus and at longer durations has also been reported to impact acuity and blur sensitivity, but the dynamics and functional consequences of the adaptation remain poorly characterized. We tested the effects of blur adaptation on visual performance for two tasks and two adapting durations. Specifically, we measured the effects of brief (12 s) vs. prolonged (2 h) blur adaptation on visual search and discrimination performance. Our results show that adaptation improved search accuracies for novel blur levels after prolonged but not brief adapting duration, while neither duration improved blur discrimination. The improvements in visual search could reflect the role of adaptation in increasing the salience of novel properties in the visual environment.

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Adaptation, OcularDiscrimination, PsychologicalVisual PerceptionAdultAnalysis of VarianceFemaleHumansMalePhotic StimulationPsychophysicsVisual AcuityYoung AdultAdaptationamplitude spectrumBlursalienceVisual aftereffectsVisual search

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PMID40378441
PMCPMC13060030

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