Overestimation of the Projected Size of Objects on the Surface of Mirrors and Windows

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1027-1044

  Lawson, Rebecca ^a   Bertamini, Marco ^a   Liu, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

mirror; projection; size constancy; window

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36048986336     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1027     Document Type: Article

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