Quote from: osmanthus on June 08, 2016, 02:51:26 PMThat makes more sense. Thanks. So next question is how would using a coloured background reduce the problem? Any ideas on the mechanism there?Well, it could reduce the salience of the white stuff. Less stimulating to the WHERE pathway. The Irlen people thing that specific filters work for specific people - it could be that there are some frequencies that their WHERE pathways are less sensitive to. But nobody has a very clear idea. I just find it interesting that people talk about the "rivers of white". I had one participant in one of my studies for whom yellow worked really well. He tried to describe the effect. He seemed to be saying that it made the black text look as though it was hovering above the background, where without it it looked as though the black was holes in the background. And I've talked to some other people with similar descriptions. And they also often say, it makes the letters "stand still".
That makes more sense. Thanks. So next question is how would using a coloured background reduce the problem? Any ideas on the mechanism there?
Quote from: Pingu on June 08, 2016, 02:59:27 PMQuote from: osmanthus on June 08, 2016, 02:51:26 PMThat makes more sense. Thanks. So next question is how would using a coloured background reduce the problem? Any ideas on the mechanism there?Well, it could reduce the salience of the white stuff. Less stimulating to the WHERE pathway. The Irlen people thing that specific filters work for specific people - it could be that there are some frequencies that their WHERE pathways are less sensitive to. But nobody has a very clear idea. I just find it interesting that people talk about the "rivers of white". I had one participant in one of my studies for whom yellow worked really well. He tried to describe the effect. He seemed to be saying that it made the black text look as though it was hovering above the background, where without it it looked as though the black was holes in the background. And I've talked to some other people with similar descriptions. And they also often say, it makes the letters "stand still".Would Chromostereopsis be relevant?If that is even the word I mean.I'm thinking about bright red and blue beside each other causing certain visual effects.
Quote from: buttershug on June 11, 2016, 05:10:12 PMQuote from: Pingu on June 08, 2016, 02:59:27 PMQuote from: osmanthus on June 08, 2016, 02:51:26 PMThat makes more sense. Thanks. So next question is how would using a coloured background reduce the problem? Any ideas on the mechanism there?Well, it could reduce the salience of the white stuff. Less stimulating to the WHERE pathway. The Irlen people thing that specific filters work for specific people - it could be that there are some frequencies that their WHERE pathways are less sensitive to. But nobody has a very clear idea. I just find it interesting that people talk about the "rivers of white". I had one participant in one of my studies for whom yellow worked really well. He tried to describe the effect. He seemed to be saying that it made the black text look as though it was hovering above the background, where without it it looked as though the black was holes in the background. And I've talked to some other people with similar descriptions. And they also often say, it makes the letters "stand still".Would Chromostereopsis be relevant?If that is even the word I mean.I'm thinking about bright red and blue beside each other causing certain visual effects.Dunno, but when working with themes I have noticed that my perception of a colour is greatly affected by the surrounding colours.
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