Perceiving illusory contours: Figure detection and shape discrimination

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Barlasov Loffe, Anna ^a   Hochstein, Shaul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Figure detection; Illusory contours; Kanizsa; Reverse hierarchy theory; Shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; TIME; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50149087897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.11.14     Document Type: Article

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