Modal completion in the Poggendorff illusion: Support for the depth-processing theory

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 306-312

  Spehar, Branka ^a   Gillam, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036637564     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2002.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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