Evolved navigation theory and the descent illusion

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Jackson, Russell E ^a,b   Cormack, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547478688     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193756     Document Type: Article

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