Weakening the robustness of perspective: Evidence for a modified theory of compensation in picture perception

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 456-467

  Yang, Tyrone ^a   Kubovy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0033113690     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211966     Document Type: Article

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