Antigravity hills are visual illusions

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-449

  Bressan, Paola ^a   Garlaschelli, Luigi ^b   Barracano, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION;

EID: 0142118592     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.02451     Document Type: Article

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