Local figure-ground cues are valid for natural images

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Fowlkes, Charless C ^a   Martin, David R ^b   Malik, Jitendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological statistics; Figure ground; Natural scenes; Perceptual organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION;

CUES; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NATURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250188094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.8.2     Document Type: Article

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