Unravelling the illusion of flicker fusion
Unravelling the illusion of flicker fusion
复制标题
揭开闪烁融合的幻象
作者：
Diana Umeton;J. Read;C. Rowe
150多年来，研究人员一直在研究动物图案的抗捕食功能。然而，这项工作主要集中在猎物保持静止的时候，直到最近才开始将运动纳入防御颜色的研究中。随着运动打破伪装，一个新的挑战是了解猎物在其环境中移动时如何避开捕食者，以及移动的猎物是否可以伪装。我们提出了一个解决方案，即“闪烁融合效应”可以改变猎物在捕食者眼中的外观，以减少最初发现的机会。当高对比度的图案在高速下变得模糊时，就会发生这种效果，从而改变猎物的外观，这可能有助于它们更好地匹配背景。尽管在文献中被广泛讨论，但对闪烁融合效应的描述很少，没有明确的理论框架来测试它如何减少捕食，而且描述它的术语充其量是相当令人困惑的。我们的综述解决了这三个关键问题，使研究人员能够准确预测闪烁融合效应何时发生，并测试它如何减少捕食。
For over 150 years, researchers have investigated the anti-predator function of animal patterns. However, this work has mainly focused on when prey remain still, and has only recently started to incorporate motion into the study of defensive coloration. As motion breaks camouflage, a new challenge is to understand how prey avoid predators while moving around their environment, and if a moving prey can ever be camouflaged. We propose that there is a solution to this, in that a ‘flicker fusion effect’ can change the appearance of the prey in the eyes of their predators to reduce the chances of initial detection. This effect occurs when a high contrast pattern blurs at speed, changing the appearance of the prey, which may help them better match their background. Despite being widely discussed in the literature, the flicker fusion effect is poorly described, there is no clear theoretical framework for testing how it might reduce predation, and the terminology describing it is, at best, rather confusing. Our review addresses these three key issues to enable researchers to formulate precise predictions about when the flicker fusion effect occurs, and to test how it can reduce predation.
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Scott-Samuel NE;Baddeley R;Palmer CE;Cuthill IC
通讯作者：
Cuthill IC
DOI：
10.1364/josaa.7.000743
发表时间：
1990-04-01
影响因子：
1.9
作者：
TYLER, CW;HAMER, RD
通讯作者：
HAMER, RD