Reorienting in images of a three-dimensional environment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1391-1403

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a   Bischof, Walter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Configuration; Feature; Geometry; Human; Surface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 32644462381     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.6.1391     Document Type: Article

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