Visual Discomfort and Variations in Chromaticity in Art and Nature.
chromaticity difference
color
efficient coding
hypermetabolism
image statistics
natural scenes
visual discomfort
Journal
Frontiers in neuroscience
ISSN: 1662-4548
Titre abrégé: Front Neurosci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101478481
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
17
05
2021
accepted:
22
11
2021
entrez:
6
1
2022
pubmed:
7
1
2022
medline:
7
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Visual discomfort is related to the statistical regularity of visual images. The contribution of luminance contrast to visual discomfort is well understood and can be framed in terms of a theory of efficient coding of natural stimuli, and linked to metabolic demand. While color is important in our interaction with nature, the effect of color on visual discomfort has received less attention. In this study, we build on the established association between visual discomfort and differences in chromaticity across space. We average the local differences in chromaticity in an image and show that this average is a good predictor of visual discomfort from the image. It accounts for part of the variance left unexplained by variations in luminance. We show that the local chromaticity difference in uncomfortable stimuli is high compared to that typical in natural scenes, except in particular infrequent conditions such as the arrangement of colorful fruits against foliage. Overall, our study discloses a new link between visual ecology and discomfort whereby discomfort arises when adaptive perceptual mechanisms are overstimulated by specific classes of stimuli rarely found in nature.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34987354
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.711064
pmc: PMC8720932
doi:
Banques de données
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.bcc2fqzc5']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
711064Subventions
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R15 MH122935
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Penacchio, Haigh, Ross, Ferguson and Wilkins.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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