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perceptual filling-in: a standalone construct

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Perception

the visual system's completion of a gap or blind spot with the surrounding color or texture, so the missing region is not noticed.

In perception, perceptual filling-in refers to the visual system's completion of a gap or blind spot with the surrounding color or texture, so the missing region is not noticed. This meaning comes from Ramachandran (1991) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Ramachandran, V. S., & Gregory, R. L. (1991). Perceptual filling in of artificially induced scotomas in human vision. Nature, 350(6320), 699-702. https://doi.org/10.1038/350699a0

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