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... adapts its response to a constant stimulus over time. In this experiment, we are attempting to recreate the work of Blakemore and Sutton (1969) which evaluated how adaptation to a spatial pattern influences our perception of another spatial pattern. They suggested that adapting to one spatial frequency changes our perception of others. The spatial frequency is the frequency with which a periodic pattern changes over time. The methodology has been improved for this experiment and instead of using a method of adjustment, a method of constant stimuli was used. The experiment will systematically measure the effect of adapting to one spatial frequency on our perception of other frequencies. Systematically measuring the Motion Aftereffects, will enable us to understand how the brain processes motion. By studying the effects of adaptation, psychologists can find out exactly how the brain processes information and in this case, spatial information. There will be three different ...