The Ponzo illusion and the perception of orientation

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-114

  Prinzmetal, William ^a   Shimamura, Arthur P ^a   Mikolinski, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035236684     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200506     Document Type: Article

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