Spatial facilitation by color and luminance edges: Boundary, surface, and attentional factors

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3431-3443

  Dresp, Birgitta ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^b  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Boundary completion; Color; Illusory contour; Luminance; Neural network; Spatial facilitation; Surface perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033029267     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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