Geometrical illusions: Study and modelling

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 395-406

  Bulatov, A ^a   Bertulis, A ^a   Mickiene, L ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS;

EID: 0031298609     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050399     Document Type: Article

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