Perceptual organization reconsidered in the light of the watercolor illusion: The problem of perception of holes and the object-hole effect

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Pinna, Baingio ^a   Tanca, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color vision; Figurality; Figure ground segregation; Hole perception; Object hole effect; Perceptual organization; Watercolor illusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 44349176105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.8     Document Type: Article

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