Figure and ground in the brain

N. Rubin

doi:10.1038/nn0901-857

Figure and ground in the brain

N. Rubin

Neural Science

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Abstract

Segregation of an image into figure and ground is an important step in visual processing. Two new papers show that responses in human and monkey brain areas known to be involved in shape perception depend critically on whether a region is perceived as figure or ground.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	857-858
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	4
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0901-857
State	Published - 2001

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Figure and ground in the brain

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