Detection of skewed symmetry

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sawada, Tadamasa ^a,b   Pizlo, Zygmunt ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthographic projection; Perspective projection; Planar figures; Skewed symmetry; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449173983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.5.14     Document Type: Article

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