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Science 7 January 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4017, pp. 93 - 95
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4017.93
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Backward Enhancement?

William N. Dember 1 and Mary Stefl 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221

Presentation of a masking stimulus enhances, rather than detracts from, detectability of certain multisegment targets. Present theories of backward masking cannot account for this "backward enhancement" effect, which resembles another puzzling phenomenon, previously reported as target recovery or disinhibition. An explanation in terms of interaction between retinal excitatory and inhibitory fields is offered.

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