TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual differences in the perception of fractal curves
AU - Geake, J.
AU - Landini, G.
PY - 1997/3/1
Y1 - 1997/3/1
N2 - This study was prompted by the application of fractal geometry to histopathology, where diagnostic reliability can be limited by intra- and inter-observer variance of fractal image classification. The study was conducted in two stages. First, some of the characteristics of individual differences in human discriminability of complex fractal contours were measured. Second, the extent to which such individual perceptual differences are related to individual differences in basic cognitive abilities to encode information was investigated. Subjects with high abilities on simultaneous synthesis were best at a task of discriminating the fractal dimension of complex contours.
AB - This study was prompted by the application of fractal geometry to histopathology, where diagnostic reliability can be limited by intra- and inter-observer variance of fractal image classification. The study was conducted in two stages. First, some of the characteristics of individual differences in human discriminability of complex fractal contours were measured. Second, the extent to which such individual perceptual differences are related to individual differences in basic cognitive abilities to encode information was investigated. Subjects with high abilities on simultaneous synthesis were best at a task of discriminating the fractal dimension of complex contours.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344864761
SN - 0218-348X
VL - 5
SP - 129
EP - 143
JO - Fractals: an interdisciplinary journal on the complex geometry of nature
JF - Fractals: an interdisciplinary journal on the complex geometry of nature
IS - 1
ER -