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Kanizsa figures
An ambiguous figure in which the illusory contour of a square (or triangle) appears in the middle of four (or three) truncated solid squares (or circles). It is an illustration of the perceptual ability to make sense of an incomplete figure by creating a 'whole' image from the separate elements (Gestalt organization).

Definition contributed by BGregory about nine months ago.


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figure ground relations
  • reaction time to figures minus reaction time to Kanizsa figures
 
  • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
 

perceptual binding
  • reaction time to figures minus reaction time to Kanizsa figures
 

spatial ability
  • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
 

NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/figures
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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

An ambiguous figure in which the illusory contour of a square (or triangle) appears in the middle of four (or three) truncated solid squares (or circles). It is an illustration of the perceptual ability to make sense of an incomplete figure by creating a 'whole' image from the separate elements (Gestalt organization). (from medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:

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The time-course of global and local attentional guidance in Kanizsa-figure detection.
Conci M, Töllner T, Leszczynski M, Müller HJ
Neuropsychologia (Neuropsychologia)
2011 Apr 22
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Linking depth to lightness and anchoring within the differentiation-integration formalism.
Kogo N, Gool LV, Wagemans J
Vision research (Vision Res)
2010 Jul 9
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Saccadic compression of rectangle and Kanizsa figures: now you see it, now you don't.
Noritake A, Uttl B, Terao M, Nagai M, Watanabe J, Yagi A
PloS one (PLoS One)
2009 Jul 27
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Kanizsa subjective figures capture visual spatial attention: evidence from electrophysiological and behavioral data.
Senkowski D, Röttger S, Grimm S, Foxe JJ, Herrmann CS
Neuropsychologia (Neuropsychologia)
2005
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