THE KANIZSA SQUARE DOES NOT ENGENDER A CONFIGURAL SUPERIORITY EFFECT

Authors
DRESP B
Citation
B. Dresp, THE KANIZSA SQUARE DOES NOT ENGENDER A CONFIGURAL SUPERIORITY EFFECT, Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31(3), 1993, pp. 183-184
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental
Journal title
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00905054
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
183 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-5054(1993)31:3<183:TKSDNE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The figure-ground context provided by a Kanizsa square does not facili tate the identification of the orientation of a line segment. This obs ervation, in addition to earlier findings, leads to the conclusion tha t figures with illusory contours do not seem to engender a ''configura l superiority effect.'' The theoretical consequences will be addressed briefly in the discussion.