Discriminability in length of lines in the Müller-Lyer figure

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-517

  Wang, Miao Fen ^a   Irwin, R John ^a   Hautus, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032044940     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206871     Document Type: Article

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