Illusory contour perception and amodal boundary completion: Evidence of a dissociation following callosotomy

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-466

  Corballis, Paul M ^a   Fendrich, Robert ^b   Shapley, Robert M ^b   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032841699     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892999563535     Document Type: Article

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