The effect of contour closure on the rapid discrimination of two-dimensional shapes

Vision Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 981-991

  Elder, James ^a   Zucker, Steven ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contour; Perceptual organization; Shape; Topology; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE;

EID: 0027409728     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(93)90080-G     Document Type: Article

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