Judgments of apparent shape contaminated by knowledge of reality: Viewing circles obliquely

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-670

  Taylor, Laura M ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031525690     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02663.x     Document Type: Article

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