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The document summarizes experiments on the perceptual filling in of artificially induced scotomas in human vision. Researchers created a stimulus that caused subjects to perceive a temporary scotoma or blind spot. They found that this scotoma was filled in by the surrounding visual context over time in an active process, suggesting the brain generates a neural representation of the surrounding area rather than simply ignoring the scotoma. Additional experiments showed filling in can occur separately for col

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