Luminance differences between the figures and background are not necessary for parallel search of a Kanizsa illusory square

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Takahashi, Shin'ya ^a   Ohya, Kazuo ^a   Arakawa, Keiko ^a   Tanabe, Yuri ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color difference; Early visual processing; Kanizsa illusion; Luminance difference; Visual search task

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847371762     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2007.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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