The last ten years of attention research have witnessed a revolution, replacing a theoretical
dichotomy (top-down vs. bottom-up control) with a trichotomy (biased by current goals …

Abstract In 1912, Max Wertheimer published his paper on phi motion, widely recognized as
the start of Gestalt psychology. Because of its continued relevance in modern psychology …

We characterize the problem of pose estimation for rigid objects in terms of determining
viewpoint to explain coarse pose and keypoint prediction to capture the finer details. We …

A theory of edge detection is presented. The analysis proceeds in two parts.(1) Intensity
changes, which occur in a natural image over a wide range of scales, are detected …

Our first review article (Wagemans et al., 2012) on the occasion of the centennial
anniversary of Gestalt psychology focused on perceptual grou** and figure–ground …

Describes an approach to human performance based on economic concepts. It elaborates
on the view that the human system employs utility considerations to decide on allocation of …

In this article we review some new evidence relating to early visual processing and propose
an explanatory framework. A series of search experiments tested detection of targets …

Research and theory on categorization and conceptual structure have recently undergone
two major shifts. The first shift is from the assumption that concepts have defining properties …

In perceiving objects we may synthesize conjunctions of separable features by directing
attention serially to each item in turn (A. Treisman and G. Gelade, Cognitive Psychology …

Two identical top halves of a face are perceived as being different when their bottom halves
belong to different faces, showing that the parts of a face cannot be perceived independently …