Environmental context influences visually perceived distance

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 571-581

  Lappin, Joseph S ^a   Shelton, Amy L ^b   Rieser, John J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748870794     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03208759     Document Type: Article

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