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The question we are addressing here might be put: “Is the notion that illusory contours are cognitive fictions true, or merely science fiction?” The answer turns on what is “cognitive”—which leads to how we should think of perception generally, and to experiments of many kinds.
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Gregory, R.L. (1987). Illusory Contours and Occluding Surfaces. In: Petry, S., Meyer, G.E. (eds) The Perception of Illusory Contours. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4760-9_9
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