From stereogram to surface: How the brain sees the world in depth

Spatial Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-82

  Fang, Liang ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correspondence problem; Depth perception; Figure ground perception; Perceptual grouping; Stereogram; Surface capture; Surface perception

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE PROBLEM; CORRESPONDENCE PROBLEMS; FIGURE-GROUND PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL GROUPING; SURFACE PERCEPTION;

BINOCULARS; BRAIN MODELS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIMULATORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 65849341867     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856809786618484     Document Type: Article

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