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Weidner, Ralph ORCID: 0000-0002-4502-0166, Plewan, Thorsten ORCID: 0000-0001-5510-1181, Chen, Qi, Buchner, Axel, Weiss, Peter H. ORCID: 0000-0002-5230-9080 and Fink, Gereon R. ORCID: 0000-0002-8230-1856 (2014). The Moon Illusion and Size-Distance Scaling-Evidence for Shared Neural Patterns. J. Cogn. Neurosci., 26 (8). S. 1871 - 1883. CAMBRIDGE: MIT PRESS. ISSN 1530-8898

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Abstract

A moon near to the horizon is perceived larger than a moon at the zenith, although-obviously-the moon does not change its size. In this study, the neural mechanisms underlying the moon illusion were investigated using a virtual 3-D environment and fMRI. Illusory perception of an increased moon size was associated with increased neural activity in ventral visual pathway areas including the lingual and fusiform gyri. The functional role of these areas was further explored in a second experiment. Left V3v was found to be involved in integrating retinal size and distance information, thus indicating that the brain regions that dynamically integrate retinal size and distance play a key role in generating the moon illusion.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Weidner, Ralph UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-0166 UNSPECIFIED Plewan, Thorsten UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-1181 UNSPECIFIED Chen, Qi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Buchner, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weiss, Peter H. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5230-9080 UNSPECIFIED Fink, Gereon R. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-1856 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-433353
DOI:	10.1162/jocn_a_00590
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Cogn. Neurosci.
Volume:	26
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1871 - 1883
Date:	2014
Publisher:	MIT PRESS
Place of Publication:	CAMBRIDGE
ISSN:	1530-8898
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MULLER-LYER-ILLUSION; HUMAN VISUAL-CORTEX; ILLUSORY CONTOURS; RELATIVE-SIZE; PERCEPTION; FMRI; V1; REPRESENTATION; SIGNALS; TIME Multiple languages Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43335