Investigating global effects in visual occlusion: from a partly occluded square to the back of a tree-trunk
Investigating global effects in visual occlusion: from a partly occluded square to the back of a tree-trunk
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DOI:
10.1016/s0001-6918(98)00055-9
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发表时间:
1999-09-01
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1.8
通讯作者:
van Lier, R
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van Lier, R
'Classic' occlusion examples, such as a square partly occluded by a rectangle, have given rise to so-called local and global accounts of amodal completion. Without denying the influence of local configurations, I take the position that, in the long run, any theory of amodal completion should account for global properties. After a brief review of local and global accounts, two extensions of the stimulus domain are proposed to further illustrate the necessity of global accounts. The first is the domain of so-called fuzzy regularities, i.e., regularities which are not based on metrical identities. It is argued and demonstrated that observers are even susceptible to these fuzzy regularities and that they complete partly occluded shapes accordingly. The second extension is towards 3D object completion. Theories of object representation that describe intrinsic regularities of objects appear to be most suitable to predict relative preferences of alternative object completions. Consequently, fuzzy object completions, such as the completion of the back of a tree-trunk, can be explained better by global constraints. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PsycINFO classification. 2323.