Subthreshold summation with illusory contours
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Subthreshold summation with illusory contours
Results from three experiments using spatial forced-choice techniques show that an illusory contour improves the detectability of a spatially superimposed, thin subthreshold line of either contrast polarity. Furthermore, the subthreshold line is found to enhance the visibility of the illusory contour. Stimuli which do not induce illusory contours, but reduce uncertainty about the spatial positi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Vision Research
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)00204-y