Visual-proprioceptive mismatch and the Taylor illusion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-181

  Ramsay, Angus I G ^a,c   Carey, David P ^a   Jackson, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emmert's law; Illusion; Proprioception; Size constancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFTERIMAGE; DARKNESS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751269856     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0609-1     Document Type: Article

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