The role of co-circularity of local elements in texture perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Motoyoshi, Isamu ^a   Kingdom, Frederick A A ^b  

^a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co circularity; Orientation; Texture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 77951237119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.1.3     Document Type: Article

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