"Connectability" matters too: completion theories need to be complete.

Cogn Neurosci

a Department of Life Sciences, Psychology Unit "Gaetano Kanizsa" , University of Trieste, Trieste , Italy.

Published: March 2014

Kogo and Wagemans provide an intriguing way of assigning a polarity value to closed edges in fragmented images (solving the border ownership problem), but their model lacks generality and disregards connectability as a relevant aspect of visual completion. The lack of generality depends on considering concave disk sectors (pacmen) as the main inducers of illusory contours. Connectability is crucial for defining the occurrence, the salience and the shape of completed contours. A complete theory of completion should integrate border ownership and connectability, rather than emphasizing one aspect over the other.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2012.748022DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

border ownership
8
"connectability" matters
4
matters completion
4
completion theories
4
theories complete
4
complete kogo
4
kogo wagemans
4
wagemans provide
4
provide intriguing
4
intriguing assigning
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!