Why cast shadows are expendable: Insensitivity of human observers and the inherent ambiguity of cast shadows in pictorial art

Perception

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1369-1383

  Jacobson, Jayme ^a   Werner, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 12844264169     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5320     Document Type: Article

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