The importance of characteristics of edge and surface to object recognition was investigated. Recognition times of 42 male Ss were established for samples of positive and negative prints made from photographs of 20 common items. Results show that identification depends upon the extent to which photic zones and gradients defining the surface maintain their inter-relationships. Dependence upon surface increases with the difficulty of identification.
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