Assimilation and contrast in geometrical illusions: A theoretical analysis

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 249-261

  Jaeger, Theodore B ^a  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

AGE FACTORS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033174035     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.1.249     Document Type: Article

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