title: Human perception: Visual heuristics in the perception of glossiness.
abstract: New insights into the perception of surface glossiness embody a conceptual change in perception research. Instead of estimating the physical properties of objects, the brain exploits 'invariants'--even though these sometimes make us get the answer wrong.
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; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D014796:Visual Perception