title: Mental models of line drawings.
abstract: Mental models are internal representations of world structure, used to accomplish cognitive tasks. I postulate specific representations (of objects and images) and associated context (of world and view) for mental models of line drawings. I then analyze the representations and context to predict specific perceptual modes, including the relative strengths of these modes. The predicted modes are supported by a well-known example [from Rock, 1983 The Logic of Perception (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press)] where object perception changes with image orientation.
authors.affiliation: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA 01730-1420, USA. kburns@mitre.org
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D011601:Psychophysics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results