Cortical shape adaptation transforms a circle into a hexagon: A novel afterimage illusion

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Ito, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

afterimage; illusion; perception; shape adaptation; shape perception; vision; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856437484     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611422236     Document Type: Article

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