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A Unified Account of Lightness Illusions via Edge-BasedReconstruction of Natural Images
Srijani Saha, Talia Konkle, George A. Alvarez
This paper uses deep learning to show that lightness illusions can emerge from edge-based image reconstruction, suggesting a simpler computational mechanism than previously thought.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.07.716245