Minimization of modal contours: An essential cross-species strategy in disambiguating relative depth

Animal Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 181-185

  Forkman, Björn ^a,c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chicken; Occlusion; Perception; Petter's rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000617007     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050038     Document Type: Article

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