The estimation of the curvature of visual space with a visual triangle

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 278-284

  Watanabe, Toshio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non Euclidean geometry; Visual space; Visual triangle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; VISION;

HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030254423     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.67.278     Document Type: Article

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