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THERE has been a long dispute as to whether visual after-images arise retinally or centrally. An after-image produced in one eye may be seen as if with the other when that alone is open1. This transfer of after-images may be due to a persisting central change produced by stimulation of the one eye, or by after-discharge from the stimulated eye being seen as though it arose from the non-stimulated eye. Both mechanisms may be operating but it has never been possible conclusively to dissociate the two possibilities under these conditions.
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HOWARD, I. Some New Subjective Phenomena Apparently Due to Interocular Transfer. Nature 184, 1516–1517 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841516a0
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