happen to be aligned may form a perceptually salient'contour'(Field et al., 1993; Kovacs and
Julesz, 1993). Here we further characterize human performance for detecting this type of
Gestalt grouping. We find that detectability of salient contours reaches a plateau when they
comprise at least 10 elements and are presented for at least 200 ms. It has been suggested
that the detection of salient contours is mediated by the intrinsic connectivity of striate cortex …