Perceived size and perceived distance of targets viewed from between the legs: Evidence for proprioceptive theory

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3961-3976

  Higashiyama, Atsuki ^a   Adachi, Kohei ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent distance model; Between leg viewing; Direct perception model; Distance; Head; Perception; Proprioceptive cues; Retinal image; Size; Space; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINA IMAGE; STANDING; VISUAL FIELD;

CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROTATION; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749077756     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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