Detection vs. grouping thresholds for elements differing in spacing, size and luminance. An alternative approach towards the psychophysics of Gestalten

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1194-1202

  Gori, Simone ^a   Spillmann, Lothar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brightness; Detection; Grouping; Proximity; Size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZATION; SIZE; SPACING; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIGHT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953126504     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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