The Müller-Lyer illusion as a perturbation to the saccadic system

Human Movement Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Binsted, Gordon ^a   Elliott, Digby ^b  

^a Alberta Centre for Active Living   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Illusion; M ller Lyer; Perception; Saccade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000637688     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(98)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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