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Local and Global Minima in Visual Completion: Effects of Symmetry and Orientation

Abstract

The visual information that specifies three-dimensional objects is often incomplete because objects occlude parts of themselves and other objects. Yet people rarely have difficulty perceiving complete, three-dimensional forms. Somehow the visual system seems to 'complete' partially specified objects. The perceptual processes underlying this seemingly effortless and immediate completion are poorly understood. Sekuler and Palmer designed in 1992 …

Authors

Sekuler AB

Journal

Perception, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 529–545

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

May 1994

DOI

10.1068/p230529

ISSN

0301-0066