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A new taxonomy for perceptual filling-in.
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- Bayesian Causal Inference Accounts for Multisensory Filling-In at the Blind Spot.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Confidence in auditory perceptual completion.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Article
- What, if anything, can be considered an amodal sensory dimension?Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Review
- Underestimation of the number of hidden objects.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- Neural correlates of lateral modulation and perceptual filling-in in center-surround radial sinusoidal gratings: an fMRI study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Cortical and Subcortical Circuits for Cross-Modal Plasticity Induced by Loss of Vision.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
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- When figure-ground segregation fails: Exploring antagonistic interactions in figure-ground perception.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2020Article
- A multiple-response frequency-tagging paradigm measures graded changes in consciousness during perceptual filling-in.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2020Article
- Filling-in rivalry: Perceptual alternations in the absence of retinal image conflict.Journal of vision · 2017Article
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- Contour erasure and filling-in: New observations.i-Perception · 2014Article
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Abstract
Perceptual filling-in occurs when structures of the visual system interpolate information across regions of visual space where that information is physically absent. It is a ubiquitous and heterogeneous phenomenon, which takes place in different forms almost every time we view the world around us, such as when objects are occluded by other objects or when they fall behind the blind spot. Yet, to date, there is no clear framework for relating these various forms of perceptual filling-in. Similarly, whether these and other forms of filling-in share common mechanisms is not yet known. Here we present a new taxonomy to categorize the different forms of perceptual filling-in. We then examine experimental evidence for the processes involved in each type of perceptual filling-in. Finally, we use established theories of general surface perception to show how contextualizing filling-in using this framework broadens our understanding of the possible shared mechanisms underlying perceptual filling-in. In particular, we consider the importance of the presence of boundaries in determining the phenomenal experience of perceptual filling-in.
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