A biologically plausible model of human shape symmetry perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Poirier, Frédéric J A M ^a   Wilson, Hugh R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curvature; Global shape; Neural model; Object recognition; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77951226794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.1.9     Document Type: Article

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