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The Perception of Illusory Contours

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Susan Petry

    1. Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

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  2. Glenn E. Meyer

    1. Department of Psychology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, USA

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Theoretical Analyses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Cues for Edge and the Origin of Illusory Contours: An Alternative Approach

      • Ross H. Day
      Pages 53-61

    3. A Problem-Solving Approach to Illusory Contours

      • Irvin Rock
      Pages 62-70

    4. Anomalous Figures and the Tendency to Continuation

      • Gian Franco Minguzzi
      Pages 71-75

    5. Illusory Figures and Pictorial Objects

      • Theodore E. Parks
      Pages 76-80

    6. Illusory Contours and Occluding Surfaces

      • Richard L. Gregory
      Pages 81-89

  4. Physiologically Based Analyses and Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Visual Perception of Surfaces: A Biological Theory

      • V. S. Ramachandran
      Pages 93-108

    3. The Existence of Interpolated Illusory Contours Depends on Contrast and Spatial Separation

      • Robert Shapley, James Gordon
      Pages 109-115

    4. The Role of Illusory Contours in Visual Segmentation

      • Stephen Grossberg, Ennio Mingolla
      Pages 116-125

    5. The Relationship Between Spatial Filtering and Subjective Contours

      • Arthur P. Ginsburg
      Pages 126-130

    6. A Dynamic Model of Anomalous Figures

      • Marco Sambin
      Pages 131-142

    7. The Resonance Theory of Kinetic Shape Perception and the Motion-Induced Contour

      • Victor Klymenko, Naomi Weisstein
      Pages 143-148

  5. Brightness and Spatial Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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About this book

The Perception of Illusory Contours is a complete and comprehensive volume on one of the most important phenomena in modern perception research. An illusory contour is a demonstration in which people perceive edges, surfaces, objects and colors that have no physical reality. The international group of distinguished researchers which comprise the contributors to the volume present new theoretical interpretations and data in addition to reviewing the extensive literature on this topic. The volume begins with an introduction to the research on and theories behind illusory contours and their applications to other areas of perception, cognitive science and art. The collection also features English language translations of the seminal papers by Schumann, Ehrenstein, and Kanizsa, the scientists who originally discovered and investigated the phenomenon. The Perception of Illusory Contours contains the most comprehensive set of illusory contour figures ever assembled. The volume is a most significant reference work in an area of research at the critical intersection of perception, cognitive science, visual neurophysiology, and artificial intelligence.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

    Susan Petry

  • Department of Psychology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, USA

    Glenn E. Meyer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Perception of Illusory Contours

  • Editors: Susan Petry, Glenn E. Meyer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4760-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4760-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 320

  • Number of Illustrations: 144 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Therapy, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

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