Contrast sensitivity and appearance in briefly presented illusory figures

Spatial Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-344

  Rieger, Jochem ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; VISION;

BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT; CONTOUR GAPS; CONTOUR THRESHOLD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ILLUSORY FIGURE FORMATION; KANIZSA SQUARE;

EDGE DETECTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032587845     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856899X00193     Document Type: Article

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