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metacontrast masking: a standalone construct

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Perception

reduced visibility of a brief target when a nonoverlapping mask that hugs its contours follows shortly after it, typically strongest at intermediate delays.

In perception, metacontrast masking refers to reduced visibility of a brief target when a nonoverlapping mask that hugs its contours follows shortly after it, typically strongest at intermediate delays. This meaning comes from Breitmeyer (1976) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

Breitmeyer, B. G., & Ganz, L. (1976). Implications of sustained and transient channels for theories of visual pattern masking, saccadic suppression, and information processing. Psychological Review, 83(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.83.1.1

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