• DOI:10.1037/0096-1523.31.3.558
• Corpus ID: 16603669

3-d interpolation in object perception: evidence from an objective performance paradigm.

@article{Kellman20053dII,
  title={3-d interpolation in object perception: evidence from an objective performance paradigm.},
  author={Philip J. Kellman and Patrick Garrigan and Thomas F. Shipley and Carol Yin and Liana Machado},
  journal={Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance},
  year={2005},
  volume={31 3},
  pages={
          558-83
        }
}

• P. Kellman, Patrick Garrigan, +2 authors L. Machado
• Published 1 June 2005
• Psychology
• Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

Object perception requires interpolation processes that connect visible regions despite spatial gaps. Some research has suggested that interpolation may be a 3-D process, but objective performance data and evidence about the conditions leading to interpolation are needed. The authors developed an objective performance paradigm for testing 3-D interpolation and tested a new theory of 3-D contour interpolation, termed 3-D relatability. The theory indicates for a given edge which orientations and positions of other edges in space may be connected to it by interpolation. Results of 5 experiments showed that processing of orientation relations in 3-D relatable displays was superior to processing in 3-D nonrelatable displays and that these effects depended on object formation. 3-D interpolation and 3-D relatabilty are discussed in terms of their implications for computational and neural models of object perception, which have typically been based on 2-D-orientation-sensitive units.