Perceptual Organization in Vision: Emergent Features in Two-Line Space

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dc.contributor.advisorPomerantz, James R.en_US
dc.creatorStupina, Anna I.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-08T00:39:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-03-08T00:39:17Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractWhat exactly are the "parts" that make up the whole object, and how and when do they group? The answer that is proposed hinges on Emergent Features: features that materialize from the configuration which make the object more discriminable from other objects. EFs are not possessed by any individual part and are processed as or more quickly than are the properties of the parts. The present experiments focus on visual discrimination of two-line configurations in an odd-quadrant task. RT data were obtained and compared with a prediction based on the number of EF differences in the odd quadrant (the higher the number of EF differences, the faster the discrimination was predicted). The results suggest that the EFs most responsible for the variations in RT might be lateral endpoint offset, intersections, parallelism, connectivity, number of terminators, and pixel count. Future directions include investigating the individual contributions and salience of EFs.en_US
dc.format.extent103 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationStupina, Anna I.. "Perceptual Organization in Vision: Emergent Features in Two-Line Space." (2011) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70456">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70456</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalStupinaAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70456en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectGroupingen_US
dc.subjectGestalten_US
dc.subjectVisual perceptionen_US
dc.subjectStimulus in visual contexten_US
dc.subjectExperimental psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.titlePerceptual Organization in Vision: Emergent Features in Two-Line Spaceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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