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Takeichi H, Watanabe T, Shimojo S, 1992, "Illusory occluding contours and surface formation by depth propagation" Perception 21(2) 177 – 184
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Illusory occluding contours and surface formation by depth propagation

Hirashige Takeichi, Takeo Watanabe, Shinsuke Shimojo

Received 5 July 1990, in revised form 5 December 1990

Abstract. A novel kind of depth-spreading effect which should be distinguished in various aspects from the known interpolation, averaging, or 'filling-in' phenomena is reported. The demonstrations and experiments suggest that depth from an uncrossed disparity can be extrapolated from, not just interpolated between, illusory or real contours to form perceptually a background surface. In addition, the form of the illusory contour itself could be drastically changed in configuration and sharpness, contingently with perceptual background-surface fomation. No such effects of surface and contour formation were observed in the crossed disparity case. Because the illusory contours were enhanced and perceived as illusory 'occluding contours', these effects may be closely related to the 'occlusion constraints' in the real world.

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