Perceiving Conspecifics is Not Purely Visual: “Body Gestalt” Completion is Influenced by the Body Posture of the Observer
When we perceive other people in our everyday encounters their bodies are often partially occluded. High-level visual areas are known to automatically complete partially occluded objects, as revealed by the classic “gestalt” phenomena. However, here we set out to investigate if “body gestalt” comple...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-04-01
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Series: | i-Perception |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1068/i199 |