The role of depth and 1/f dynamics in perceiving reversible figures

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-180

  Aks, Deborah J ^a   Sprott, Julien C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

1 f Power laws; Necker cube; Self organization; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042035600     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021431631831     Document Type: Article

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