Dissociation of color and figure-ground effects in the watercolor illusion

Spatial Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 323-340

  Von Der Heydt, Rüdiger ^a   Pierson, Rachel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Border ownership; Figure ground segregation; Neural coding of contour; Surface color; Watercolor illusion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COLOR VISION; DISSOCIATION; GROUND EFFECT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN MATCHING;

BORDER OWNERSHIP; FIGURE-GROUND SEGREGATION; NEURAL CODING OF CONTOUR; SURFACE COLOR; WATERCOLOR ILLUSION;

COLOR CODES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33745602196     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856806776923416     Document Type: Article

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