Boundaries, shading, and border ownership: A cusp at their interaction

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-36

  Lawlor, Matthew ^a   Holtmann Rice, Daniel ^b   Huggins, Patrick ^b   Ben Shahar, Ohad ^c   Zucker, Steven W ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Co circularity; Cusp; Differential geometry; Edge analysis; Long range horizontal connections; Shading analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70149106571     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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