A study on the mechanisms underlying anomalous motion illusions

• Project/Area Number: 18203036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: KITAOKA Akiyoshi Ritsumeikan University, 文学部, 教授 (70234234)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KURIKI Ichiro 東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 准教授 (80282838) ; ASHIDA Hiroshi 京都大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 准教授 (20293847) ; MURAKAMI Ikuya 東京大学, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 准教授 (60396166)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥41,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥32,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,690,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥13,260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,060,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥12,350,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,850,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥16,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,780,000)
• Keywords: 錯視 / 運動視 / 脳機能計測 / fMRI / 眼球運動 / 蛇の回転 / 静止画が動いて見える錯視 / hMT+ / 色覚 / MT+ / V1 / 注意 / 色彩視 / 心理物理実験 / 周辺視

Research Abstract

静止画が動いて見える錯視に関与している脳領域を調べた。「蛇の回転」錯視図を刺激として機能的MRIを用いてヒトの脳機能計測を行なったところ、ヒトMT+に有意な活動の上昇が見られた。これは、静止画が動いて見える錯視に関与する主要な脳領域は、視覚性運動処理の中枢の一つと考えられているヒトMT+であることを示唆する。また、「蛇の回転」錯視の生起には眼球運動が関係しているという考え方を支持する結果が得られた。そのほか、新型の静止画が動いて見える錯視が複数発見され、それらの特性は実験心理学的に検討された。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Functional brain imaging of the Rotating Snakes illusion by fMRI (2008)
  • Author(s): Kuriki, I., Ashida, H., Murakami, I., and Kitaoka, A.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Vision 8(10) : 16 Pages: 1-10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The effects of eccentricity and retinal illuminance on the illusory motion seen in a stationary luminance gradient (2008)
  • Author(s): Hisakata, R. and Murakami, I
  • Journal Title: Vision Research 48 Pages: 1940-1948
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Selective visual responses to expansion and rotation in the human MT complex revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging adaptation (2008)
  • Author(s): Wall, M. B., Lingnau, A, Ashida, H. and Smith, A. T.
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Neuroscience 27 Pages: 2747-2757
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A new type of the optimized Fraser-Wilcox illusion in a 3D-like 2D image with highlight or shade (2008)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Three Dimensional Images (Japan) 22(4) Pages: 31-32
• [Journal Article] Functional brain imaging of the Rotating Snakes illusion by fMRI (2008)
  • Author(s): Kuriki I, Ashida H, Murakami I, Kitaoka A
  • Journal Title: Journal of Vision 8(10) : 16 Pages: 1-10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A new type of the optimized Fraser-Wilcox illusion in a 3D-like 2D image with highlight or shade. (2008)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka A
  • Journal Title: Journal of Three Dimensional Images 22 Pages: 31-32
• [Journal Article] Tilt illusions after Oyama (1960) : A review (2007)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 49 Pages: 7-19
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A variant of the anomalous motion illusion based upon contrast and visual latency (2007)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A. and Ashida, H
  • Journal Title: Perception 36 Pages: 1019-1035
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Aftereffect of adaptation to chromatic notched-noise stimulus (2007)
  • Author(s): Kuriki, I
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Optical Society of America A 24 Pages: 1858-1872
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] fMRI adaptation reveals separate mechanisms for first-order and second-order motion (2007)
  • Author(s): Ashida, H., Lingnau, A., Wall, M. B., and Smith, A. T
  • Journal Title: Journal of Neurophysiology 97 Pages: 1319-1325
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A variant of the anomalous motion illusion based upon contrast and visual latency (2007)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A. and Ashida, H.
  • Journal Title: Perception 36 Pages: 1019-1035
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The relative contributions of colour and luminance signals towards the visuomotor localisation of targets in human peripheral vision (2007)
  • Author(s): Ashida, H., Yamagishi, N., & Anderson, S.J.
  • Journal Title: Experimental Brain Research 183 Pages: 425-434
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Aftereffct of adaptation to chromatic notched-noise stimulus (2007)
  • Author(s): Kuriki I.
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Optical Society of America A 46 Pages: 3055-3066
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Tilt illusion after Oyama(1960) : A review. (2007)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka A
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research 49 Pages: 7-19
• [Journal Article] Human brain integrates color signals along motion trajectory for vertical perception of moving colors. (2007)
  • Author(s): Nishida S, Watanabe J, Kuriki I, Tokimoto T
  • Journal Title: Current Biology 17 Pages: 366-372
• [Journal Article] fMRI adaptation reveals separate mechanism for first-order and second-order motion (2007)
  • Author(s): Ashida H, Lingnau A, Wall M B, Smith A T
  • Journal Title: Journal of Neurophysiology 97 Pages: 1319-1325
• [Journal Article] A positive correlation between fixation instability and the strength of illusory motion in a static display (2006)
  • Author(s): Murakami, I., Kitaoka, A. and Ashida, H
  • Journal Title: Vision Research 46 Pages: 2421-2431
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Configurational coincidence among six phenomena (2006)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A.
  • Journal Title: A comment on van Lier and Csatho 35 Pages: 799-806
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A positive correlation between fixation instability and the strength of illusory motion in a static display (2006)
  • Author(s): Murakami I, Kitaoka A, Ashida H
  • Journal Title: Vision Research 46 Pages: 2421-2431
• [Journal Article] Configurational coincidence among six phenomena : A comment on van Lier and Castho(2006). (2006)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka A
  • Journal Title: Perception 39 Pages: 799-806
• [Journal Article] Anomalous motion illusion and stereopsis (2006)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka A
  • Journal Title: Journal of Three Dimensional Images (Japan) 20 Pages: 9-14
• [Presentation] The spatial scaling property of a motion illusion in a static figure. (査読有) (2008)
  • Author(s): Hisakata R, Murakami I
  • Organizer: Society for Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Washington, D. C.
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-16
• [Presentation] Optimized Fraser-Wilcox illusions : A pictorial classification by Akiyoshi Kitaoka (2008)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A.
  • Organizer: ワークショップ「静止画が動いて見える錯視に関する実験的研究」(WS005)、日本心理学会第72回大会
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-22
• [Presentation] The transient temporal processing system contributes to motion perception in a static figure. (査読有) (2008)
  • Author(s): Hisakata R, Murakami I
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
  • Place of Presentation: Naple, Florida
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-11
• [Presentation] Functional brain imaging of the 'Rotating Snakes' illusion. (査読有) (2008)
  • Author(s): Kuriki I, Ashida H, Murakami I, Kitaoka A.
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
  • Place of Presentation: Naple, Florida
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-10
• [Presentation] 回転運動錯視に対する脳活動計測の試み(2) (2008)
  • Author(s): 盧田 宏・村上 郁也・栗木 一郎・北岡 明佳
  • Organizer: 日本視覚学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都新宿区
  • Year and Date: 2008-01-24
• [Presentation] Functional brain imaging of the 'Rotating Snakes' illusion (2008)
  • Author(s): Kuriki, I., Ashida, H., Murakami, I., and Kitaoka, A
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract
  • Place of Presentation: Journal of Vision
• [Presentation] The spatial scaling property of a motionillusion in a static figure (2008)
  • Author(s): Hisakata, R. and Murakami, I
  • Organizer: Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
• [Presentation] The transient temporal processing system contributes to motion perception in a static figure (2008)
  • Author(s): Hisakata, R. and Murakami, I
  • Organizer: Journal of Vision
• [Presentation] 回転運動錯視に対する脳活動計測の試み (2007)
  • Author(s): 栗木 一郎・藍田 宏・村上 郁也・北岡 明佳
  • Organizer: 日本視覚学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知県豊橋市
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-24
• [Presentation] Effects of eccentricity and retinal illuminance on the rotatingsnakes illusion (2007)
  • Author(s): Hisakata, R. & Murakami, I.
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society
  • Place of Presentation: 米国フロリダ州
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-15
• [Presentation] Rotating Ouchi illusion [Abstract] (2007)
  • Author(s): Kitaoka, A. and Murakami, I
  • Organizer: Journal of Vision
• [Presentation] Effects of eccentricity and retinal illuminance on the rotating snakes illusion (2007)
  • Author(s): Hisakata, R. and Murakami, I
  • Organizer: Journal of Vision
• [Presentation] Infants see the "Rotating Snake" illusion. Dorsal and ventral streams in the visual system (Talk) : Monday, 21 August 2006 ; 12:00-12:30 (2006)
  • Author(s): Kanazawa, S., Kitaoka, A. and Yamaguchi, M. K
  • Organizer: 29th European Conference on Visual Perception, St-Petersburg, Russia, 20th-25th August, 2006
• [Book] 人はなぜ錯視にだまされるのか? (2008)
  • Author(s): 北岡明佳
  • Total Pages: 128
  • Publisher: トリック・アイズメカニズムカンゼン
• [Book] 人はなぜ錯視にだまされるのか? トリック・アイス メカニズム (2008)
  • Author(s): 北岡明佳
  • Total Pages: 128
  • Publisher: カンゼン
• [Book] Influence of visual motion on object localisation in perception and action. in N. Osaka, I. Rentschler, and I. Biederman (Eds) object Recognition, Attention, and Action (2007)
  • Author(s): Ashida, H.
  • Publisher: Springer, Tokyo
• [Book] Newton別冊脳はなぜだまされるのか? 錯視完全図解 (2007)
  • Author(s): 北岡明佳(監修)
  • Total Pages: 157
  • Publisher: ニュートンプレス
• [Book] だまされる視覚錯視の楽しみ方 (2007)
  • Author(s): 北岡明佳
  • Total Pages: 194
  • Publisher: 化学同人
• [Book] ニュートンムック別冊 脳はなぜだまされるのか? 錯視完全図解 (2007)
  • Author(s): 北岡 明佳(監修)
  • Total Pages: 160
  • Publisher: ニュートンプレス
• [Book] だまされる視覚 錯視の楽しみ方 (2007)
  • Author(s): 北岡 明佳
  • Total Pages: 194
  • Publisher: 化学同人
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 眼球運動検査視票表示装置、眼球運動検査装置及び眼球運動検査方法 (2006)
  • Inventor(s): 村上郁也
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 国立大学法人東京大学
  • Filing Date: 2006-10-30