Taylor's psychophysical theory of figural after-effects was used to predict the effect of changes in illumination of inspection and test fields on the amount and the rate of decay of the rotary motion after-effect. As predicted, the brighter inspection disc produced more after-effect, while the brighter test disc produced a smaller and faster-decaying after-effect.
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