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IN the course of an investigation into the basis of ‘complementary images’1 evoked by patterns of near-parallel lines, I have observed some striking phenomena which, together with some confirmatory tests that they suggested, indicate that a single contour can be sufficient to excite a complementary image.
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WILSON, J. Perceptual Anomalies associated with a Single Contour. Nature 187, 137 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187137a0
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