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Illusory Contour Perception

Illusory Contour Perception is the perceptual phenomenon in which the visual system organizes fragmented or incomplete luminance information into a coherent boundary or shape, leading to the conscious experience of edges or contours that are not physically present in the stimulus.

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2017–2026

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Illusory Contours and Cortical Neuron Responses

R. von der Heydt, E. Peterhans, G. Baumgartner · Science · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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Dynamics of subjective contour formation in the early visual cortex

Tai Sing Lee, My Nguyen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 440 citations · Full text

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The Representation of Illusory and Real Contours in Human Cortical Visual Areas Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Janine D. Mendola, Anders M. Dale, Bruce Fischl et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1999 · 420 citations · Full text

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Macaque VI neurons can signal ‘illusory’ contours

David H. Grosof, Robert Shapley, Michael J. Hawken · Nature · 1993 · 388 citations

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Stochastic Completion Fields: A Neural Model of Illusory Contour Shape and Salience

Lance R. Williams, David W. Jacobs · Neural Computation · 1997 · 334 citations

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Micah M. Murray

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 publications · 1K citations

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  2. JJ
    John J. Foxe

    Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, United States

    8 publications · 981 citations

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  3. RS
    Robert Shapley

    New York University, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. TW
    Takeo Watanabe

    Brown University, United States

    6 publications · 212 citations

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  5. NR
    Nava Rubin

    New York University, United States

    6 publications · 693 citations

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Institutions

237

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

    Orangeburg, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    671 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    683 citations

  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    681 citations

  6. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    405 citations

  7. City College of New York

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    750 citations

  8. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    483 citations

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  1. Perception

    45 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Vision Research

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Perception & Psychophysics

    18 publications · 818 citations

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  4. Journal of Vision

    12 publications · 277 citations

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  5. Journal of Neuroscience

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

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