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Figure and ground

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Form perception and boundaries

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The principles of Gestalt

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A letter search task

Source: Adapted from Neisser, J., Scientific American, 1964, 210, 94-102.

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Geons for perception

Source: Adapted from Biederman, I., Higher-level vision. In An Invitation to Cognitive Science. Vol. 2: Visual Cognition and Action, edited by D.N. Osherson, S.M. Kosslyn and J. Hollerbach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.

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Distinctiveness and attractiveness

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The principal monocular and binocular depth cues

Source: Adapted from Matlin, M.W. and Foley, H.J., Sensation and Perception (3rd edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1992.

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Some pictorial cues to depth 1

Source: (b) Powerstock, reprinted by permission.

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Some pictorial cues to depth 2

Source: (d) Adapted from Martin, M.W. and Foley, H.J., Sensation and Perception (3rd edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1992.