Horizontal and vertical distance perception: The discorded-orientation theory

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-270

  Higashiyama, Atsuki ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030074283     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211879     Document Type: Article

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