Uncertainty reveals surround modulation of shape

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  van der Kooij, Katinka ^a,b   te Pas, Susan F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D shape; Assimilation; Bayes; Contrast; Noise; Perception; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 64049101171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.15     Document Type: Article

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