Local interactions in neural networks explain global effects in gestalt processing and masking

Neural Computation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2091-2113

  Herzog, Michael H ^a   Ernst, Udo A ^a   Etzold, Axel ^a   Eurich, Christian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0042329268     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976603322297304     Document Type: Article

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