A theory of dynamic occluded and illusory object perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-541

  Palmer, Evan M ^a,c   Kellman, Philip J ^a   Shipley, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour interpolation; Dynamic occlusion; Illusory contours; Motion; Object perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 33750728432     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.4.513     Document Type: Article

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