Ebook: The Perception of Illusory Contours

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Top-Down and Bottom-Up: The Illusory Contour as a Microcosm of Issues in Perception....Pages 3-20
Contributions to the Analysis of Visual Perception—First Paper: Some Observations on the Combination of Visual Impressions into Units....Pages 21-34
Modifications of the Brightness Phenomenon of L. Hermann....Pages 35-39
Quasi-Perceptual Margins in Homogeneously Stimulated Fields....Pages 40-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Cues for Edge and the Origin of Illusory Contours: An Alternative Approach....Pages 53-61
A Problem-Solving Approach to Illusory Contours....Pages 62-70
Anomalous Figures and the Tendency to Continuation....Pages 71-75
Illusory Figures and Pictorial Objects....Pages 76-80
Illusory Contours and Occluding Surfaces....Pages 81-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Visual Perception of Surfaces: A Biological Theory....Pages 93-108
The Existence of Interpolated Illusory Contours Depends on Contrast and Spatial Separation....Pages 109-115
The Role of Illusory Contours in Visual Segmentation....Pages 116-125
The Relationship Between Spatial Filtering and Subjective Contours....Pages 126-130
A Dynamic Model of Anomalous Figures....Pages 131-142
The Resonance Theory of Kinetic Shape Perception and the Motion-Induced Contour....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
An Object Perception Approach to Static and Kinetic Subjective Contours....Pages 151-164
Subjective Contour Strength and Perceptual Superimposition: Transparency as a Special Case....Pages 165-170
The Functional Equivalence of Objective and Illusory Brightness Enhancement....Pages 171-175
The Role of Illumination Level in the Strength of Subjective Contours....Pages 176-182
Increment Thresholds in Illusory Contour Line Patterns....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Time, Motion, and Objectness in Illusory Contours....Pages 193-200
Cognitive Contours and Perceptual Organization....Pages 201-212
The Current State of Research into Visual Phantoms....Pages 213-219
Amodal Completion and Illusory Figures: An Information-Processing Analysis....Pages 220-223
Illusory Contours, Texture Segregation, and a Configural Inferiority Effect....Pages 224-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Set and Subjective Contour....Pages 237-245
Can We See Constructs?....Pages 246-252
Lo, Perception Abhors Not a Contradiction....Pages 253-261
The Perception of Illusory Contours: A Skills Analysis....Pages 262-267
Perceptual Grouping and Subjective Contours....Pages 268-273
Allusory Contours....Pages 274-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-320

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Top-Down and Bottom-Up: The Illusory Contour as a Microcosm of Issues in Perception....Pages 3-20
Contributions to the Analysis of Visual Perception—First Paper: Some Observations on the Combination of Visual Impressions into Units....Pages 21-34
Modifications of the Brightness Phenomenon of L. Hermann....Pages 35-39
Quasi-Perceptual Margins in Homogeneously Stimulated Fields....Pages 40-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Cues for Edge and the Origin of Illusory Contours: An Alternative Approach....Pages 53-61
A Problem-Solving Approach to Illusory Contours....Pages 62-70
Anomalous Figures and the Tendency to Continuation....Pages 71-75
Illusory Figures and Pictorial Objects....Pages 76-80
Illusory Contours and Occluding Surfaces....Pages 81-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Visual Perception of Surfaces: A Biological Theory....Pages 93-108
The Existence of Interpolated Illusory Contours Depends on Contrast and Spatial Separation....Pages 109-115
The Role of Illusory Contours in Visual Segmentation....Pages 116-125
The Relationship Between Spatial Filtering and Subjective Contours....Pages 126-130
A Dynamic Model of Anomalous Figures....Pages 131-142
The Resonance Theory of Kinetic Shape Perception and the Motion-Induced Contour....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
An Object Perception Approach to Static and Kinetic Subjective Contours....Pages 151-164
Subjective Contour Strength and Perceptual Superimposition: Transparency as a Special Case....Pages 165-170
The Functional Equivalence of Objective and Illusory Brightness Enhancement....Pages 171-175
The Role of Illumination Level in the Strength of Subjective Contours....Pages 176-182
Increment Thresholds in Illusory Contour Line Patterns....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Time, Motion, and Objectness in Illusory Contours....Pages 193-200
Cognitive Contours and Perceptual Organization....Pages 201-212
The Current State of Research into Visual Phantoms....Pages 213-219
Amodal Completion and Illusory Figures: An Information-Processing Analysis....Pages 220-223
Illusory Contours, Texture Segregation, and a Configural Inferiority Effect....Pages 224-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Set and Subjective Contour....Pages 237-245
Can We See Constructs?....Pages 246-252
Lo, Perception Abhors Not a Contradiction....Pages 253-261
The Perception of Illusory Contours: A Skills Analysis....Pages 262-267
Perceptual Grouping and Subjective Contours....Pages 268-273
Allusory Contours....Pages 274-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-320
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