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Mather, G., Verstraten, F. A. J. & Anstis, S. M. (1998) The motion aftereffect: A modern perspective. MIT Press [Book].
Anstis, S, Wehrhahn, C., Gori, S. (submitted). Luminance gradients and the Breathing Light illusion. Submitted to Perception. 
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Anstis SM (2007) The flash-lag effect during illusory chopstick rotation. Perception, in press. Acrobat file
Ng M, Ciaramitaro VM, Anstis S, Boynton GM, Fine I. (2006) Selectivity for the configural cues that identify the gender, ethnicity, and identity of faces in human cortex. - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(51) 19552-7Acrobat file
Howe PDL, Thompson PG, Anstis S, Sagreiya H, Livingstone MS (2006). Explaining the footsteps, belly dancer, Wenceslas and kickback illusions Journal of Vision 6, 12, 1396-1405 Acrobat file
Anstis, S. (2006). In Honour of Lothar Spillmann -- Filling in, Wiggly Lines, Adaptation and Aftereffects. Progress in Brain Research Vols 154 & 155, Visual Perception 1 & 2Acrobat file
Anstis, S., & Casco, C. (2006). Induced movement: The flying bluebottle illusion. Journal of Vision, 6(10), 1087-1092, http://journalofvision.org/6/10/8/, doi:10.1167/6.10.8.. Acrobat file
Anstis S, Ito H, Cavanagh P (2006) Background stripes affect apparent speed of rotation. Perception, 35, 959. Acrobat file (Stripes.pdf)
Anstis SM (2005) Homage to Pete Thompson: The Tony Blair illusion. Perception, 34, 1417. Acrobat file
Anstis SM (2005) Holistic word processing. Perception 34, 237-240. Acrobat file (130
kbytes, Holistic.pdf)
Anstis S (2005) Local and global segmentation of rotating shapes viewed through multiple slits Journal of Vision 5, 3, 4, 194-201 Acrobat file (AnstisJOV2005.pdf)
Anstis SM (2005) White's Effect in color, luminance and motion. In: Harris L
& Jenkin M (Eds): Seeing spatial form. Oxfore: Oxford University Press. Acrobat file (76 Kbytes, Whites.pdf)
Becker MW, Anstis SM (2004) Metacontrast masking is specific to luminance
polarity. Vision Research 44, 2537-2543. Acrobat file (250
kbytes, Metacontrast.pdf)
Anstis SM (2004) Factors affecting footsteps: contrast can change the
apparent speed, amplitude and direction of motion. Vision Research 44,
2171-2178. Acrobat file (250 kbytes, Footfact.pdf)
Anstis SM (2003) Moving objects appear to slow down at low contrasts.
Neural Networks 16, 933-938. Acrobat
file (268 Kbytes, Froggy2003.pdf)
Anstis SM (2003s) Moving in a fog: contrast affects the perceived speed
and direction of motion. Proceedings of the Conference on Neural Networks,
Portland OR 2003. Acrobat file (76 Kbytes, Foggy.pdf)
Anstis SM (2003) Levels of motion perception. In: Harris, L. &
Jenkin, M. (Ed): Levels of perception. New York: Springer-Verlag. Acrobat
file (360 Kbytes, YorkChapter.pdf)
Anstis SM (2002) The Purkinje rod-cone shift as a function of luminance and
retinal eccentricity. Vision Research 42, 2485-2491. Acrobat
file (204 kbytes, PurkinjeVR2002.pdf)
Anstis SM (2002) Was El Greco astigmatic? Leonardo, MIT Press Acrobat
file (68 kbytes, Greco.pdf)
Cavanagh, P. & Anstis, S. M. (2002) The boogie woogie illusion.
Perception 31(8):1005-11. Acrobat file (136 kbytes, Boogie.pdf)
Anstis SM (2001) Footsteps and inchworms: Illusions show that contrast
affects apparent speed. Perception 30(7):785-94. Abstract Acrobat
file (80 kbytes, Footsteps.pdf)
Orger MB, Smear MC,
Anstis SM, Baier H (2000) Perception of Fourier and non-Fourier motion by
larval zebrafish. Nat Neurosci. Nov;3(11):1128- 33 Abstract Acrobat
file (596 Kbytes, Zebrafish.pdf)
Anstis SM (2000)
Monocular lustre from flicker. Vision Research 40(19):2551-6. Abstract Acrobat
file (180 Kbytes, Lustre.pdf)
Becker MW, Pashler H, Anstis SM (2000) The role of iconic memory in change-detection tasks. Perception.;29(3):273-86. Abstract
Anstis SM, Smith
DR, Mather G (2000) Luminance processing in apparent motion, Vernier offset and
stereoscopic depth. Vision Res.;40(6):657-75. Abstract Acrobat
file (620 Kbytes, LumProc.pdf)
Anstis S, Kontsevich L, Tyler C (1999) Demonstrating the temporal modulation transfer function. Perception.;28(5):623-6. Abstract
Anstis S, Sturzel
F, Spillmann L (1999) Spatial distortions in rotating radial figures. Vision
Res. Apr;39(8):1455-63. Abstract Acrobat
file (176 kbytes, SpatDistort.pdf)
Anstis, S. M. (1998) Picturing peripheral acuity. Perception, 27, 817- 825. AbstractAcrobat
file (185 kbytes, Blurry.pdf)
Anstis, S. M., Verstraten, F. A. J. & Mather, G. (1998) The motion
aftereffect: a review. Trends in Cognitive Science, 2, 111-117. Acrobat
file (904 kbytes, MAE-TICS98.pdf)
Anstis, S. M., Hutahajan, P. and Cavanagh, P. (1998) Optomotor test for
wavelength sensitivity in guppyfish (Poecilia reticulata) Vision Research
38(1): 45-53. Abstract
Acrobat
file (852 kbytes, Optomotor.pdf)
Anstis, S. M. and Ho, W. A. (1998) Nonlinear combinations of luminance
excursions during flicker, afterimages and binocular fusion. Vision Research
38, 523-539.Abstract
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file (620 Mbytes , FAC.pdf)
Spillmann L., Anstis, S. M., Kurtenbach, A. & Howard, I. P. (1997a)
Reversed visual motion and self-sustaining eye oscillations. Perception 26,
823-830. Abstract
Anstis, S. M. (1997b) Experiments on motion aftereffects. In: Harris, L.and
Jenkin, M. (Eds): Computational and biological mechanisms of visual coding.
Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Anstis, S. M. (1996a) Adaptation to peripheral flicker. Vision Research, 36,
3479-3485 Abstract
Acrobat file (1.5 Mbytes!! ,
AdaptFlickerVR96.pdf)
Mather G, Anstis S (1995) Second-order texture contrast resolves ambiguous
apparent motion. Perception 24, 1373-1382. Abstract
Anstis, S. M. and Ramachandran, V. S. (1995) At the edge of movement. In:
The artful eye. Gregory, R. L., Harris, J., Heard, P. and Rose, D. (Eds).
Oxford University Press, pp. 232-248. Abstract
Anstis, S. M. (1995) Aftereffects from jogging. Experimental Brain Research
103, 476-478. Abstract
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file (32 Kbytes , Jog.pdf)
Arnold, K. and Anstis, S. (1993) Properties of the visual channels that
underlie adaptation to gradual change of luminance. Vision Research, 33, 47-54.
Abstract Acrobat
file (Arn&Ans.pdf)
Anstis, S M. (1992) Visual adaptation to a negative, brightness-reversed
world: Some preliminary observations. In: Neural networks for vision and image
processing. G. A. Carpenter, S. Grossberg, Eds. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,. pp.
1-14. Abstract Acrobat
file (36 Kbytes , Neg.pdf)
Anstis, S. M. (1992) Hidden assumptions in seeing depth and motion. In: Gorea, A. (Ed): Representations of Vision. Cambridge UP Abstract
Cavanagh, P., & Anstis, S. M. (1991).The contribution of color to motion in normal and color-deficient observers Vision Research, 31, 2109-2148Acrobat file (coldef.pdf)
Anstis, S. (1990) Imperceptible intersections: The chopstick illusion. In A.
Blake and T. Troscianko (Eds.), AI and the Eye. London: Wiley and Sons Ltd., .
(pp. 105-117) Acrobat file (892 kbytes, Chopsticks.pdf)
Sekuler, R., Anstis, S., Braddick, O. J., Brandt, T., Movshon, J. A., and Orban, G. The perception of motion. In L. Spillman and J. Werner (Eds.), Visual perception: The neurophysiological foundations. London: Academic Press, 1990. (pp. 205-230
Anstis, S. (1989) Kinetic edges become displaced, segregated, and invisible.
In D. M.-K. Lam (Ed.), Neural mechanisms of visual perception, Proceedings of
the Second Retina Research Foundation Conference. Texas: Portfolio Press, 1989.
(pp. 247-260) Acrobat file (988 kbytes, KineticEdges.pd)
Anstis, S. and Paradiso, M. Programs for visual psychophysics on the Amiga: A tutorial. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 21, 1989. (pp. 548-563)
Anstis, S. (1989) Pictures of Fourier synthesis. Journal of Recreational Mathematics, 21 (pp. 182-189)
Giaschi D, Anstis S. (1989) The less you see it, the faster it moves: shortening the "on-time" speeds up apparent motion. Vision Research 29 335-47.
Maurer, D., Lewis, T., Cavanagh, P., & Anstis, S. M. (1989). A new test for luminous efficiency of colors in babies. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 297-303. ) Acrobat file (baby.pdf)
Anstis, S. Spatial and temporal context affects correspondences in apparent motion. Physica Scripta, 39, 1989. (pp. 122-127)
Anstis, S. M. Models and experiments on directional selectivity. In B. Elsendoorn (Ed.), Working models of human perception. London: Academic Press, 1988. (pp. 233-249)
Anstis, S. Visual stimuli on the Commodore Amiga: A tutorial. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 18, 1986. (pp. 535-541)
Anstis, S. M. and Rogers, B. J. Illusory continuous motion from oscillating positive-negative patterns: Implications for motion perception. Perception, 15, 1986. (pp. 627-640)
Anstis, S. and Ramachandran, V. S. Visual inertia in apparent motion. Vision Research, 27, 1987. (pp. 755-764)
Anstis, S., Cavanagh, P., Maurer, D., and Lewis, T. Optokinetic technique
for measuring infants' responses to color. Applied Optics, 26, 1987. (pp.
1510-1516) Acrobat file (optknetic.pdf)
Cavanagh, P., MacLeod, D. I. A., and Anstis, S. M. Equiluminance: Spatial
and temporal factors and the contribution of blue-sensitive cones. Journal of
the Optical Society of America, A4, 1987. (pp. 1428-1438Acrobat file (bleu.pdf)
Anstis, S. and Harris, J. Magnification factor for adaptation of a visual transient mechanism. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 4, 1987. (pp. 1688-1698)
Ramachandran, V. S. and Anstis, S. M. The perception of apparent motion. Scientific American, 254, 1986. (pp. 102-109)
Anstis, S. Motion perception in the frontal plane: Sensory aspects. In K. R. Boff, L. Kaufman, and J. P. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Human Performance, Volume 1. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1986. (pp. 16.1-16.27)
Mather, G. and Anstis, S. M. Motion perception: Second thoughts on the correspondence problem. In J. Tsotsos (Ed.), Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion. Toronto: Elsevier, 1986.
Anstis, S. M. and Cavanagh, P. Optokinetic test for color vision in babies. Proceedings of the Conference on Non-invasive Assessment of Visual System, 1986.
Anstis, S., Cavanagh, P., Maurer, D., Lewis, T., MacLeod, D. I. A., and
Mather, G. Computer-generated screening test for colorblindness. Color Research
and Application Supplement, 11, 1986. (pp. 63-66Acrobat file (compugen.pdf)
Anstis SM, Rogers BJ. 1986 Illusory continuous motion from oscillating positive-negative patterns: implications for motion perception Perception 15 627-40.
Anstis, S. Aftereffects of form, motion, and color. In L. Spillman and B. R. Wooten (Eds.), Sensory experience, adaptation, and perception. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1983. (pp. 583-601)
Anstis, S. and Cavanagh, P. A minimum motion technique for judging equiluminance.
In J. D. Mollon and L. T. Sharpe (Eds.), Colour vision: Psychophysics and
physiology. London: Academic Press, 1983. (pp. 155- 166) Acrobat file (min.pdf)
Anstis, S.M., & Cavanagh, P. (1979). Adaptation to frequency shifted auditory feedback. Perception & Psychophysics 26, 449-458. Acrobat file (adap.pdf)
Anstis SM, Rogers BJ. 1975 Illusory reversal of visual depth and movement during changes of contrast Vision Res. 15 957-61.
Anstis SM (1974) A chart demonstrating variations in acuity with retinal
position. Vision Research 14, 589-592. Acrobat file (216
Kbytes, EyeChart.pdf)
Anstis SM. 1970 Phi movement as a subtraction process. Vision Res. 10 1411-30.
Anstis SM (1967) Visual adaptation to gradual change of intensity. Science
155, 710-712. Acrobat file (84 Kbytes, Ramp.pdf)