Exploration of vertical bias in perceptual completion of illusory contours: Threshold measures and response classification

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Nagai, Masayoshi ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^b   Sekuler, Allison B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Illusory contour; Perceptual organization; Response classification; Vertical and horizontal completion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149481954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.25     Document Type: Article

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