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Form Perception

Known as: Contour Perceptions, Perceptions, Form, Perception, Form 
The sensory discrimination of a pattern shape or outline.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Interactions between color and luminance in the perception of orientation.
At the early stages of visual processing in humans and other primates, chromatic signals are carried to primary visual cortex (V1… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
PET reveals occipitotemporal pathway activation during elementary form perception in humans
To define brain regions involved in feature extraction or elementary form perception, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Why do parallel cortical systems exist for the perception of static form and moving form?
This article analyzes computational properties that clarify why the parallel cortical systems V1→V2, V1→MT, and V1→V2→MT exist… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Force of symmetry in form perception.
Many objects, natural and manufactured, have at least one axis of symmetry; thus, the detection of symmetry could facilitate the… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
The Multiple Determination of Illusory Contours: 1. A Review
Four theories of illusory-contour perception are reviewed—brightness contrast (simultaneous contrast, assimilation, and… 
1981
1981
The Determinants of Illusory-Contour Perception
The term ‘illusory contours' refers to contours perceived where none physically exist. Three hypotheses that have been successful… 
1978
1978
Stereopsis and the perception of anomalous contours
1978
1978
Implications of spatial summation models for processes of contour perception: a geometric perspective
1976
1976
Form Perception without Attention
Methods were devised which made it possible for subjects to look directly at novel forms without attending to them. In one method… 
1946
1946
Organ Function and Form Perception*: Use of the Rorschach Method with Cases of Chronic Arthritis, Parkinsonism and Arterial Hypertension
&NA; The Rorschach records of two groups, each consisting of 60 patients, were compared. One group, designated as V group, was… 
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