Probing intermediate stages of shape processing

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Loffler, Gunter ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection discrimination; Midlevel vision; Shape and contour; Shape perception

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84930676655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.7.1     Document Type: Article

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