More Accurate Size Contrast Judgments in the Ebbinghaus Illusion by a Remote Culture

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 738-742

  de Fockert, Jan ^a   Davidoff, Jules ^a   Fagot, Joel ^b   Parron, Carole ^b   Goldstein, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cross cultural; Ebbinghaus illusion; local precedence; size contrast judgments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547475516     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.3.738     Document Type: Article

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