The haptic Müller-Lyer illusion in sighted and blind people

Perception

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1263-1274

  Heller, Morton A ^a   Brackett, Deneen D ^a   Wilson, Kathy ^a   Yoneyama, Keiko ^a   Boyer, Amanda ^a   Steffen, Heather ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0036048554     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3340     Document Type: Article

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