title: Cue gradient and cue density interact in the detection and recognition of objects defined by motion, contrast, or texture.
abstract: The human visual system is able to extract an object from its surrounding using a number of cues. These include foreground/background gradients in disparity, motion, texture, colour, and luminance. We have investigated normal subjects' ability to detect objects defined by either motion, texture, or luminance gradients. The effects of manipulating cue density and cue foreground/background gradient on both detection and recognition accuracy were also investigated. The results demonstrate a simple additive relationship between cue density and cue gradient across forms defined by motion, luminance, and texture. The results are interpreted as evidence for the notion that form parsing is achieved via a similar algorithm across anatomically distinct processing streams.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioural Science, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
authors.forename: Neva J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Finlay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009038:Motion; D011581:Psychological Tests; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D014796:Visual Perception