Mach bands: How many models are possible? Recent experimental findings and modeling attempts

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3205-3227

  Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brightness; Filling in; Lateral inhibition; Local energy; Mach bands; Visual features

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030271316     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00341-X     Document Type: Article

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