Novel visual illusions related to Vasarely's 'nested squares' show that corner salience varies with corner angle

Perception

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Troncoso, Xoana G ^a,b   Macknik, Stephen L ^a   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20044383593     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5383     Document Type: Article

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