Moiré Effect from Random Dots (original) (raw)

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The appearance of circular Moiré fringes when a random dot pattern is superimposed on itself provides new evidence that the human visual process may include the computation of local autocorrelations by excitation of line detectors.

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   LEON GLASS

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GLASS, L. Moiré Effect from Random Dots.Nature 223, 578–580 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223578a0

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• Received: 12 May 1969
• Issue date: 09 August 1969
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/223578a0

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