On the surprising salience of curvature in grouping by proximity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-234

  Strother, Lars ^a,b   Kubovy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Gestalt; Grouping; Perceptual organization; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33747166670     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.2.226     Document Type: Article

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