Extremal edges: A powerful cue to depth perception and figure-ground organization

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Palmer, Stephen E ^a,b   Ghose, Tandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Psychology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 37549009902     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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