Illusory contour formation survives crowding

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lau, Jonathan Siu Fung ^a   Cheung, Sing Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crowding; Illusory contour; Kanizsa; Peripheral vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROWDING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROWDING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866924941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.6.15     Document Type: Article

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