Mapping the zone of eye-height utility for seated and standing observers

Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1361-1383

  Wraga, Maryjane ^a,b   Proffitt, Dennis R ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL ACUITY;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034572941     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2837     Document Type: Article

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