The moon illusion: Kaufman and Rock's (1962) apparent-distance theory reconsidered

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-67

  Suzuki, Kotaro ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent size; Apparent distance theory; Moon illusion; Size constancy; Size distance invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847412472     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Review

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