The contention that stimulus brightness rather than figure-ground reversal operates as the critical perceptual stimulus property in determining space responses was investigated. In the protocols of 329 students the occurrence of responses to two non-white, yet bright grey blot areas (Dll of Figure VI and Dll of Figure VII) was comparable to that of completely white blot regions. Results suggested stimulus properties to study.
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