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. 2011 Apr 12;21(7):R259-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.012.

Visual perception: bizarre contours go against the odds

Roland W Fleming  1
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Visual perception: bizarre contours go against the odds

Roland W Fleming. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

A new study shows that the brain sometimes invents visual contours even when they would be highly unlikely to occur in the real world. This presents a challenge to theories assuming that the brain prefers the most probable interpretation of the retinal image.

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  • Non-Bayesian contour synthesis.
    Anderson BL, O'Vari J, Barth H. Anderson BL, et al. Curr Biol. 2011 Mar 22;21(6):492-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.011. Epub 2011 Mar 3. Curr Biol. 2011. PMID: 21376597

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