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A gloss on surface properties

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Humans perceive the properties of a surface by interpreting visual input. When estimating gloss and lightness, it seems that neural discrimination of simple image statistics plays a large part.

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  1. Michael S. Landy is in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University, 6 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA. landy@nyu.edu,

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Landy, M. A gloss on surface properties. Nature 447, 158–159 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05714

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