Perceptual distance and the constancy of size and stereoscopic depth

Spatial Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-457

  Kaufman, Lloyd ^a,b   Kaufman, James H ^c   Noble, Richard ^a   Edlund, Stefan ^c   Bai, Sunhee ^a   King, Teresa ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2AFC; Depth constancy; Depth discrimination; Magnitude estimation; Perceived distance; Perceptual distance; Size constancy; Size discrimination

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

DEPTH CONSTANCY; DEPTH DISCRIMINATION; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; PERCEIVED DISTANCE; PERCEPTUAL DISTANCE; SIZE CONSTANCY; SIZE DISCRIMINATION;

SPECIAL EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750554300     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856806778457377     Document Type: Article

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