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Two experiments showed the influence of perceptual set on the perception of subjective contours. In the first, the perceived shape of a subjective-contour figure (a minimal version of the Ehrenstein configuration) was varied by altering the observer’s viewing set. The second experiment showed that apparent depth emerged in subjective-contour figures when observers were set to perceive the illusory contours.
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Coren, S., Porac, C. & Theodor, L.H. The effects of perceptual set on the shape and apparent depth of subjective contours. Perception & Psychophysics 39, 327–333 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202999
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