Differential ambiguity reduces grouping of metastable objects

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-369

  Grossmann, Jon K ^a   Dobbins, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Multistability; Perceptual coupling; Visual grouping

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037302688     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00480-7     Document Type: Article

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