The effects of inverting prisms on the horizontal-vertical illusion: A systematic effect of downward gaze

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Richter, Hans O ^a,b   Wennberg, Patrik ^b   Raudsepp, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Gaze; Horizontal vertical illusion; Prisms; Sensorimotor; Visual space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; GAZE; HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ILLUSION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; RETINA IMAGE; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LENSES; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34648832287     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1015-z     Document Type: Article

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