Phase specific shape aftereffects explained by the tilt aftereffect.

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 889-910
Author(s):  
Vanessa K. Bowden ◽  
J. Edwin Dickinson ◽  
Robert J. Green ◽  
David R. Badcock
Keyword(s):  
Tilt Aftereffect ◽  
Specific Shape

Beckett's Broken Circle: A Literary Fractal

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-215
Author(s):  
Luke Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Chaos ◽  
Geometric Form ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Collision Point ◽  
Stable Order ◽  
Structural Principle ◽  
Recent Interest ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
Specific Shape

This essay proposes that the picture of a broken circle encountered by Watt during the second part of his tale marks a crucial collision point between Beckett's literary and mathematical interests and triggers a process of fractal scaling self-similarity. Building on recent interest concerning the role of the mathematics and mathematical forms found in Beckett's work, I argue that the broken circle depicted in the picture from Watt is a geometric form which (re)appears within at least three interlocking scales throughout Beckett's novel-length prose: (i) its moment of arrival in the picture from Watt, (ii) a macroscopic reinscription in the names of the protagonists populating the five novels spanning Watt through to The Unnamable and (iii) buried within the narratological depths of How It Is. As a structural principle, the interminable irregularity of fractals offered Beckett a viable solution for what he considered the defining task of the modern artist: ‘to find a form to accommodate the mess’. Moreover, the specific shape selected for his fractal is shown to contain within its geometry one of Beckett's most universal and pressing concerns: the inevitable insufficiency of language. Therefore, although this essay restricts itself to examining Beckett's novel-length prose, the idea of a broken circle fractal promises to provide a valuable heuristic through which to reassess the author's other generic avenues. Fractals thus offer a means through which one can bind together the length and breadth of Beckett's oeuvre without ever reducing dynamic chaos to stable order.

Technical Study of Laminated Template Electroforming in Fabrication of Metal Parts

2014 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Hui Fan ◽  
Yang Pei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Dimensional Accuracy ◽  
Spray Distance ◽  
Metal Parts ◽  
Precise Locality ◽  
Filling Method ◽  
Specific Shape ◽  
Technical Study ◽  
Equipment Configuration

Laminated templates electroforming (LTE) is one kind of metal-parts directly forming technologies which are based on discrete/accumulation theory. This paper introduces the forming principle, equipment configuration and experimental studies. By using templates as auxiliary tool and jet electroforming as filling method, the current density of electroforming was significantly improved and a group of copper parts in specific shape were fabricated. Experimental results show that on-load voltage, nozzle diameter, spray distance, spray flow velocity have direct influence on processing speed and locality. A small diameter of nozzle and short spray distance helps to achieve a precise locality and good dimensional accuracy, after process parameters have been optimized.

scholarly journals Saturation of the tilt aftereffect

1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1041-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Greenlee ◽  
Svein Magnussen
Keyword(s):  
Tilt Aftereffect

scholarly journals Near-Storm Environments of Outbreak and Isolated Tornadoes

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 1397-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra K. Anderson-Frey ◽  
Yvette P. Richardson ◽  
Andrew R. Dean ◽  
Richard L. Thompson ◽  
Bryan T. Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Geographical Region ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Specific Shape ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Tornado Warning ◽  
Tornado Outbreaks

Abstract Between 2003 and 2015, there were 5343 outbreak tornadoes and 9389 isolated tornadoes reported in the continental United States. Here, the near-storm environmental parameter-space distributions of these two categories are compared via kernel density estimation, and the seasonal, diurnal, and geographical features of near-storm environments of these two sets of events are compared via self-organizing maps (SOMs). Outbreak tornadoes in a given geographical region tend to be characterized by greater 0–1-km storm-relative helicity and 0–6-km vector shear magnitude than isolated tornadoes in the same geographical region and also have considerably higher tornado warning-based probability of detection (POD) than isolated tornadoes. A SOM of isolated tornadoes highlights that isolated tornadoes with higher POD also tend to feature higher values of the significant tornado parameter (STP), regardless of the specific shape of the area of STP. For a SOM of outbreak tornadoes, when two outbreak environments with similarly high magnitudes but different patterns of STP are compared, the difference is primarily geographical, with one environment dominated by Great Plains and Midwest outbreaks and another dominated by outbreaks in the southeastern United States. Two specific tornado outbreaks are featured, and the events are placed into their climatological context with more nuance than typical single proximity sounding-based approaches would allow.

A Sparse Generative Model of V1 Simple Cells with Intrinsic Plasticity

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261-1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Weber ◽  
Jochen Triesch
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Generative Model ◽  
Intrinsic Excitability ◽  
Natural Image ◽  
Tilt Aftereffect ◽  
Simple Cells ◽  
Feature Detectors ◽  
Edge Detectors ◽  
Intrinsic Plasticity ◽  
Slow Timescale

Current models for learning feature detectors work on two timescales: on a fast timescale, the internal neurons' activations adapt to the current stimulus; on a slow timescale, the weights adapt to the statistics of the set of stimuli. Here we explore the adaptation of a neuron's intrinsic excitability, termed intrinsic plasticity, which occurs on a separate timescale. Here, a neuron maintains homeostasis of an exponentially distributed firing rate in a dynamic environment. We exploit this in the context of a generative model to impose sparse coding. With natural image input, localized edge detectors emerge as models of V1 simple cells. An intermediate timescale for the intrinsic plasticity parameters allows modeling aftereffects. In the tilt aftereffect, after a viewer adapts to a grid of a certain orientation, grids of a nearby orientation will be perceived as tilted away from the adapted orientation. Our results show that adapting the neurons' gain-parameter but not the threshold-parameter accounts for this effect. It occurs because neurons coding for the adapting stimulus attenuate their gain, while others increase it. Despite its simplicity and low maintenance, the intrinsic plasticity model accounts for more experimental details than previous models without this mechanism.

The Designing and Wear Simulation of the Wheel Used in Super-High Speed Point Grinding

2011 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 177-182
Author(s):  
Ya Dong Gong ◽  
Yue Ming Liu ◽  
Ting Chao Han ◽  
Jun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Wear Simulation ◽  
Grinding Parameters ◽  
Specific Shape ◽  
Air Hole

The application of the wheel used in super-high speed point (SHSP) grinding is introduced in detail, depicting the applied rang of the wheel, through designing the wheel body and the layer of CBN in the wheel. The designed principle is inferred according to the specific shape, the grinding productivity is analyzed in the course grinding zone and the finished grinding zone, introducing the angle of course grinding zone, which affects the grinding parameters in SHSP grinding, the value of the angle is designed to be suited to the point grinding, and manufacturing the wheel, introducing the changed state of chip flowing grinding used in the new wheel, the micro-surface of the wheel is observed through microscope, whose the ratio of air hole and the layer of CBN are analyzed, simulating the wear trend of the new wheel, the conclusions about super hard abrasives and wearing are drawn at last, the application of SHSP grinding is related to designing and manufacturing of the wheel, which provides the equipment for realizing high precision and productivity processing and offers the referred basis for the theoretical research.

scholarly journals The tilt aftereffect depends on border ownership

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 707-707
Author(s):  
T. J. Macuda ◽  
F. T. Qiu ◽  
R. Heydt
Keyword(s):  
Tilt Aftereffect

scholarly journals A decision-time account of individual variability in context-dependent orientation estimation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Dekel ◽  
Dov Sagi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Decision Time ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Perceptual Bias ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
List Type ◽  
Tilt Aftereffect ◽  
Context Dependent

AbstractFollowing exposure to an oriented stimulus, the perceived orientation is slightly shifted, a phenomenon termed the tilt aftereffect (TAE). This estimation bias, as well as other context-dependent biases, is speculated to reflect statistical mechanisms of inference that optimize visual processing. Importantly, although measured biases are extremely robust in the population, the magnitude of individual bias can be extremely variable. For example, measuring different individuals may result in TAE magnitudes that differ by a factor of 5. Such findings appear to challenge the accounts of bias in terms of learned statistics: is inference so different across individuals? Here, we found that a strong correlation exists between reaction time and TAE, with slower individuals having much less TAE. In the tilt illusion, the spatial analogue of the TAE, we found a similar, though weaker, correlation. These findings can be explained by a theory predicting that bias, caused by a change in the initial conditions of evidence accumulation (e.g., prior), decreases with decision time (Dekel & Sagi, 2019b). We contend that the context-dependence of visual processing is more homogeneous in the population than was previously thought, with the measured variability of perceptual bias explained, at least in part, by the flexibility of decision-making. Homogeneity in processing might reflect the similarity of the learned statistics.HighlightsThe tilt aftereffect (TAE) exhibits large individual differences.Reduced TAE magnitudes are found in slower individuals.Reduced TAE in slower decisions can be explained by the reduced influence of prior.Therefore, individual variability can reflect decision making flexibility.

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