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Some problems in mathematical biophysics of visual perception and aesthetics

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The paper outlines a further extension of a previous theory. It discusses perception of straight lines, perception of length, perception of intersections, disconnected contours; effects of associations; breaking up of a pattern into parts; some suggestions for experimental procedure.

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Rashevsky, N. Some problems in mathematical biophysics of visual perception and aesthetics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 4, 177–191 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478113

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