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In a series of two experiments, it was shown that activation of spatiotemporal sequence detectors or channels subserving the perception of stroboscopic motion is (1) not a sufficient and (2) not a necessary condition for obtaining metacontrast masking effects. The results are discussed in the context of current varieties of dual channel, sustained-transient theories of visual masking.
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Breitmeyer, B. G., Rudd, M. E., & Halpern, M. Metacontrast without a spatio-temporal stimulus sequence? Unpublished manuscript, 1980.
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Breitmeyer, B.G., Horman, K. On the role of stroboscopic motion in metacontrast. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 17, 29–32 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333658
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