Fundamentally misunderstanding visual perception: Adults' belief in visual emissions

American Psychologist

Volumn 57, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 417-424

  Winer, Gerald A ^b   Cottrell, Jane E ^c   Gregg, Virginia ^a   Fournier, Jody S ^c   Bica, Lori A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STUDENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0040671755     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.57.6-7.417     Document Type: Article

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