Corner salience varies linearly with corner angle during flicker-augmented contrast: A general principle of corner perception based on Vasarely's artworks

Spatial Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-224

  Troncoso, Xoana G ^a   MacKnik, Stephen L ^a   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating brightness star; Curvature; Curves; Filling in; Junctions; Op art; Terminators; Unfilled flicker

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MECHANISMS; CORNER ANGLE; CURVATURE; FILLING IN; VISUAL-PROCESSING;

HOLMIUM; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

LUMINANCE;

ART; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ART; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350444941     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856809788313129     Document Type: Article

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