title: Visual perception: bizarre contours go against the odds.
abstract: A new study shows that the brain sometimes invents visual contours even when they would be highly unlikely to occur in the real world. This presents a challenge to theories assuming that the brain prefers the most probable interpretation of the retinal image.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Giessen, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10/F, 35394, Giessen, Germany. roland.w.fleming@psychol.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: Roland W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological