The influence of shape and skeletal axis structure on texture perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Harrison, Sarah J ^a   Feldman, Jacob ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global precedence; Medial axes; Orientation discrimination; Segmentation; Shape; Texture perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649514863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.6.13     Document Type: Article

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