The phenomenal dissociation between coloration and object-hole effects in the watercolor illusion

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-432

  Tanca, Maria ^a   Pinna, Baingio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color vision; Figure ground segregation; Perceptual organization; Surface capture; Watercolor illusion

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 46749109655     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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