The detection of structure in glass patterns: Psychophysics and computational models

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2227-2246

  Dakin, Steven C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grouping; Orientation; Scale; Texture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIPOLE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030875516     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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