The epistemological status of vision and its implications for design

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Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-486

  Vishwanath, Dhanraj ^a  

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Author keywords

3D shape and space perception; Aesthetics; Bayesian inference; Computational vision; Design; Epistemology; Visual perception and cognition

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EID: 42249083415     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-004-5445-y     Document Type: Article

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