Dynamic decorrelation as a unifying principle for explaining a broad range of brightness phenomena
Fig 1
(A) Simultaneous brightness contrast: The two gray patches with identical luminance increase their brightness difference with their respective backgrounds. (B) White’s effect is consistent with contrast at the horizontal contours of the bars, and with assimilation along the vertical contours. (C, D) Examples of brightness assimilation: The gray structures with identical luminance decrease their brightness difference with their respective background. (E) Sensitivity to context: The gray triangles have identical luminance and selectively contrast with the cross (left) or the background (right). (F) White’s effect is still intact in the presence of noise.