The geometry of the occluding contour and its effect on motion interpretation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 944-954

  McDermott, Josh ^a   Adelson, Edward H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture problem; Convexity; Junction; Motion; Occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 9344230488     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.10.9     Document Type: Article

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