Effects of gravitational and optical stimulation on the perception of target elevation

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Cohen, Malcolm M ^a   Stoper, Arnold E ^b   Welch, Robert B ^a   Deroshia, Charles W ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035228576     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200500     Document Type: Article

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