Journal article
The development of contour interpolation: Evidence from subjective contours
Abstract
Adults are skilled at perceiving subjective contours in regions without any local image information (e.g., Ginsburg, 1975; Kanizsa, 1976). Here we examined the development of this skill and the effect thereon of the support ratio (i.e., the ratio of the physically specified contours to the total contour length). Children (6-, 9-, and 12-year-olds) and adults discriminated between fat and skinny shapes formed by subjective or luminance-defined …
Authors
Hadad B-S; Maurer D; Lewis TL
Journal
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 106, No. 2-3, pp. 163–176
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.jecp.2010.02.003
ISSN
0022-0965