Late influences on perceptual grouping: Amodal completion

Stephen E. Palmer, Jonathan Neff, Diane Beck

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Abstract

Perceptual grouping is generally assumed to be an early visual process that operates on a previously unorganized image-based representation. The present experiment shows that elements perceived as occluded by a closer surface tend to be grouped with elements having the same shape as the amodally completed percept rather than with those having the same retinal shape as the incomplete stimulus. It is therefore concluded that perceptual grouping by shape similarity either occurs after amodal completion or is a temporally extended process that occurs both before and after it.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)75-80
Number of pages6
JournalPsychonomic Bulletin and Review
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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