What are lightness illusions and why do we see them?

Lightness illusions are fundamental to human perception, and yet why we see them is still the focus of much research. Here we address the question by modelling not human physiology or perception directly as is typically the case but our natural visual world and the need for robust behaviour. Artific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Corney, R Beau Lotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1994982?pdf=render