Much is known about the cues that determine figure-ground assignment, but less is known about the consequences of figure-ground assignment on later visual processing. Previous work has demonstrated that regions assigned figural status are subjectively more shape-like and salient than background regions. The increase in subjective salience of figural regions could be caused by a number of proces...

Controlling for possible treatment effects, medication, E bias, and constancy of fixation, schizophrenic patients were found to have a smaller figural aftereffect than a nonschizophrenic group. Earlier reports of displacement of the T figure toward the I figure in schizophrenic patients were confirmed. 10 of the 11 Ss who did not maintain constant fixation were schizophrenic patients. This find...

This paper aims at identifying the provenance of Goryeo celadons by understanding its microstructural characteristics, such as particles, blisters, forms and amount of pores, and the presence of crystal formation, bodies, and glazes and its boundary, using an optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The analysis of the reproduced samples shows that the glazed layer of the sher...

Robust localization and segmentation of normal anatomical objects in medical images require (1) methods for creating descriptive object models that adequately capture object shape and expected shape variation across a population, (2) methods for combining such shape models with unclassified image data, and (3) means for localizing and extracting corresponding objects from the image data using t...

The structure of episodic memory was investigated by assessing different modalities of material (verbal, figural, and spatial) and different types of tests (recall, cued recall, and recognition). A 3-factor model that distinguished among modalities of material was found to be the best representation of memory and the verbal, figural, and spatial memory factors exhibiting construct validity. Thi...

Several lines of evidence suggest that genes involved in dopamine (DA) transmission may contribute to creativity. Among these genes, the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (COMT) and the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) are the most promising candidates. Our previous study has revealed evidence for the involvement of DRD2 in creative potential. The present study extended our previous study by sy...

Robust localization and segmentation of normal anatomical objects in medical images require (1) methods for creating descriptive object models that adequately capture object shape and expected shape variation across a population, (2) methods for combining such shape models with unclassified image data, and (3) means for localizing and extracting corresponding objects from the image data using t...