Perception of Pixelated Images

Chapter 1. Introduction: Visual Images and How They Are Dealt With

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• 1.1 Digital Images and Sampling
• 1.2 Image Quality Metrics
• 1.3 Neurophysiology of Image Sampling and the Visual Channels

Chapter 2. Domains of Perception Research Closely Related to the Topic of Pixelation

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• 2.1 Processing Spatial Frequency Information by Human Observers
• 2.2 Processing Global and Local Levels of Form
• 2.3 Processing Configuration and Component Features

Chapter 3. Pixelated Images: An Introduction

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• 3.1 The Pixelation Transform and its Basic Effects
• 3.2 What Kind of Images are Typically Pixelated and Why
• 3.3 How a Student or a Layman Can Generate Pixelated Images

Chapter 4. Unmasking Pixelated Images

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Chapter 5. Explanations of the Perceptual Effects of Image Pixelation

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Chapter 6. Limits and Optima of the Parameters of Pixelated Images for Perception

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• 6.1 How Many Pixels Can Carry Useful Information for Correct Discrimination?
• 6.2 How Perception of Pixelated Images Depends on Their Duration
• 6.3 Limitations and Optimizations in the Applied Context of Pixelated Image Perception

Chapter 7. Combining Image Degradations

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Chapter 8. Perceptual Task Effects

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• 8.1 Identification, Recognition, and Discrimination
• 8.2 Spatial Precueing of Covert Attention
• 8.3 Perceiving Emotional Expression, Beauty, and Personality
• 8.4 Perceiving Dynamic Stimuli
• 8.5 Perceiving Visible Speech

Chapter 9. Pixelated Images Used as Masking Stimuli

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Chapter 10. Effects of Pixelation on the Electrophysiological Signatures of Face Perception

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Chapter 11. Pixelated Images and Art

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Chapter 12. What the Results of Pixelation-Based Studies Have Told Us About the Nature of Perception

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Chapter 13. Conclusions

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