The illusion of clarity: Image segmentation and edge attribution without filling-in

Visual Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-36

  Smilek, Daniel ^a   Rempel, Mark I ^b   Enns, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 33744782892     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030500334191     Document Type: Article

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