The ground dominance effect in the perception of relative distance in 3-D scenes is mainly due to characteristics of the ground surface

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1297-1309

  Bian, Zheng ^a   Braunstein, Myron L ^a   Andersen, George J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34247110834     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193729     Document Type: Review

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