On the origin of vertical line bisection errors

Spatial Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 505-527

  Post, Robert B ^a   O'Malley, Meagan D ^a   Yeh, Teresa L ^a   Bethel, Jayme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bisection error

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CORRELATION METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

HORIZONTAL-VERTICAL ILLUSION (HVI); VERTICAL BISECTION ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33846262082     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856806779194053     Document Type: Article

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