The same binding in contour integration and crowding

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Chakravarthi, Ramakrishna ^a,b   Pelli, Denis G ^c  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Binding; Contour integration; Crowding; Gestalt; Good continuation; Grouping; Object recognition; Snake letter; Wiggle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 80054688043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.8.1     Document Type: Article

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