Visual Motion Illusions, Eye Movements, and the Search for Objectivity

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 376-395

  Wade, Nicholas J ^a   Heller, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autokinetic illusion; Eye movements; Induced motion; Motion aftereffect; Motion perception; Stroboscopic motion; Visual vertigo

Indexed keywords

AUTOKINETIC ILLUSION; EYE MOVEMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; STROBOSCOPY; VERTIGO;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, EARLY MODERN 1451-1600; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MOTION; NEUROSCIENCES; VERTIGO; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642323421     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jhin.12.4.376.27911     Document Type: Review

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