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2.3. ILLUSORY AND OCCLUDED CONTOURS<br />

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Figuif 2.12: The bipole applied lo illusory contour formaiiori. The bipole is used to evaluate<br />

the effect <strong>of</strong>" a contour elernetn at a given location on the likelihood <strong>of</strong> perceiving a<br />

ctmtour ai a second location. Ii is typically represcnied by a characierisiic iigureeighi<br />

shape which describes the coupling strength between the centre unit and<br />

surrounding units according to their relative position and orientation. A neural<br />

iniplcnienlalion <strong>of</strong> this concept gives rise to biptilc cells, dclined as nonlinear<br />

grouping operators which receive inpul from real edges

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