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Perception 4/e Cover Image
Perception, 4/e
Robert Sekuler, Brandeis University
Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
Spatial Vision and Pattern Perception

Chapter Outline

  1. WHAT DEFINES AN OBJECT?
  2. WHAT DEFINES "FORM?"
  3. WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF FORM?
  4. A LOCAL ANALYSIS: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEIGHBORS
  5. GRATINGS AS TOOLS FOR EXPLORING FORM PERCEPTION
    1. What Are Gratings?
      1. Spatial frequency
      2. Contrast
      3. Orientation
      4. Spatial phase
    2. Using Gratings to Measure Performance
  6. THE CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION AS A WINDOW OF VISIBILITY
    1. The Human Contrast Sensitivity Function
    2. CSFs of Other Species
    3. Age and the CSF
    4. The Structural Basis of the CSF
  7. FORM DISCRIMINATION
    1. Metamers
  8. FORM DEFINED BY TEXTURE DIFFERENCES
  9. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: A GLOBAL ANALYSIS
  10. PUTTING THE PARTS TOGETHER: THE GESTALT PRINCIPLES
    1. Gestalt principles of organization
    2. Why do the Gestalt principles work at all?
    3. Global structure and symmetry








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