Ebbinghaus illusion: Effect of figural similarity upon magnitude of illusion when context elements are equal in perceived size

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1171-1175

  Deni, James R ^a   Brigner, Willard L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031155036     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3c.1171     Document Type: Article

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