Contex influences contour integration

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Baruch, Nina J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Contour; Grouping; Integration; Pop out; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60649111884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.2.13     Document Type: Article

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