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Filling-In : From Perceptual Completion to Cortical Reorganization.

The best example of filling-in involves the blind spot, a region of the retina devoid of photoreceptors. Remarkably, the region of visual space corresponding to the blind spot is not perceived as a dark region in space, but instead as having the same colour and texture as the surrounding background;...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pessoa, Luiz
Otros Autores: De Weerd, Peter, Ramachandran, V. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The best example of filling-in involves the blind spot, a region of the retina devoid of photoreceptors. Remarkably, the region of visual space corresponding to the blind spot is not perceived as a dark region in space, but instead as having the same colour and texture as the surrounding background; hence the expression ""filling in."" While this type of perceptual completion phenomenon is common in the visual domain, it is argued by the leading scientists who contribute to this book that forms of filling-in also take place in other sensory modalities, including the auditory, somatosensory, an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (369 pages)
ISBN:9780198032137
0198032137