Integration of contour and surface information in shape detection

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Machilsen, Bart ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contour integration; Cue combination; Figure ground; Perceptual grouping; Shape detection; Surface perception; Texture segregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISIBILITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

CUES; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78650303972     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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