Seeing more than meets the eye: Processing of illusory contours in animals

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-260

  Nieder, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Figure ground segregation; Perceptual completion; Second order contours; Single unit responses; Subjective contours

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INSECTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036591155     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0306-x     Document Type: Review

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