Can mirroring reveal image distortion? Illusory distortion induced by mirroring

Psychological Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Seyama, Jun'ichiro ^a   Nagayama, Ruth S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Coll Hlth Sci   (Japan)

^c Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646735411     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-004-0189-2     Document Type: Article

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