Perceptual distance and the moon illusion

Spatial Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 155-175

  Kaufman, Lloyd ^a,b   Vassiliades, Vassias ^a   Noble, Richard ^a   Alexander, Robert ^a   Kaufman, James ^c   Edlund, Stefan ^c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Category mistake; Distance cues; Moon illusion; Perceived distance; Perceptual causation; Perceptual distance; Response bias; Sensitivity; Size distance invariance hypothesis; Virtual terrain

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; INVARIANCE; MOON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTANCE CUES; MOON ILLUSION; PERCEPTUAL CAUSATION; PERCEPTUAL DISTANCE; RESPONSE BIAS; SIZE DISTANCE INVARIANCE HYPOTHESIS; VIRTUAL TERRAIN;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33847032590     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856807779369698     Document Type: Article

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