Directional organization and shape formation: New illusions and Helmholtz’s Square

According to Helmholtz’s Square illusion, a square appears wider when it is filled with vertical lines and higher when filled with horizontal lines (Helmholtz, 1866). Recently, Pinna (2010a) demonstrat- ed that the grouping of small squares on the basis of the similarity principle influences also pe...

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Main Author: Baingio ePinna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00092/full