The accuracy and reliability of perceived depth from linear perspective as a function of image size

Journal of Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Saunders, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Backus, Benjamin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Depth perception; Linear perspective; Picture perception; Slant perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOCULAR VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 33747689947     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/6.9.7     Document Type: Article

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