Last but not least.
A central tenet of Gestalt psychology is that the visual scene can be separated into figure and ground. The two illusions we present demonstrate that Gestalt processes can group spatial contrast information that cuts across the figure/ground separation. This finding suggests that visual processes that organise the visual scene do not necessarily require structural segmentation as their primary input.
Shapiro
Arthur G
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Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA. shapiro@bucknell.edu
Hamburger
Kai
K
D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D005863:Gestalt Theory; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D009039:Motion Perception; D009903:Optical Illusions; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011601:Psychophysics; D014796:Visual Perception