Local determinants of contour interpolation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Maertens, Marianne ^a,b   Shapley, Robert ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour interpolation; Contour support ratio; Occlusion; Varin figure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 43949107926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.3     Document Type: Article

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