Age-related susceptibility to the Müleer-Lyer and the Horizontal-Vertical illusions

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Brosvic, Gary M ^a   Dihoff, Roberta E ^b   Fama, Jessica ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036485127     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.1.229     Document Type: Article

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