The movement aftereffect was used to study the asymmetry of aftereffects in the median plane. The results show significantly greater aftereffects in the lower part of the visual field as compared with the upper part. These results are inconsistent with the Koehler-Wallach proposals concerning asymmetry but are consistent with the metabolic hypotheses of Wertheimer.
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