The Whole Is Equal to the Sum of Its Parts: A Probabilistic Model of Grouping by Proximity and Similarity in Regular Patterns

Psychological Review

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-154

  Kubovy, Michael ^a   van den Berg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

additivity; grouping by proximity; grouping by similarity; perceptual organization; vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39049137959     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.1.131     Document Type: Article

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