Sun Figure: An Illusory Diffuse Contour Resulting from an Arrangement of Dots
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perception
- Vol. 5 (4), 479-481
- https://doi.org/10.1068/p050479
Abstract
A set of black dots grouped on a white background to create an impression of radiating lines which fade towards the centre makes possible a percept of a central glow.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Figure-Density Hypothesis and Illusory Contour BrightnessPerception, 1976
- Illusory Contours: Curious Cases of Simultaneous Brightness Contrast?Perception, 1975