TEXTURE CAPTURE IN NECKER CUBES

Texture capture can be based on illusory contours, stereopsis, outline figures, real movement, and apparent movement. Several figures are pr esented that demonstrate texture capture by the use of the pictorial d epth cues of the Necker cube. The textures seem affixed to the sides o f the cube, follow the alternations of the cube, and extend off the pi cture plane. A concomitant phenomenon is a subjective rarefaction of t he texture in the cube. It is suggested that boundary cues determine t he assignation of texture to surfaces.