Mirror symmetry opposes splitting of chromatically homogeneous surfaces

Perception

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 693-709

  Parovel, Giulia ^a   Vezzani, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036042942     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3218     Document Type: Article

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