Surface geometry influences the shape of illusory contours

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-40

  Fulvio, Jacqueline M ^a   Singh, Manish ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour interpolation; Convexity; Curvature; Illusory contours; Medial axis; Part based representation; Parts; Shape perception; Visual completion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748035703     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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