Reflections in art

Spatial Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 261-270

  Cavanagh, Patrick ^a,b   Chao, Jessica ^a   Wang, Dina ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Art; Reflection; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; PAINTING; REFLECTION;

PROPERTY (S); REFLECTING SURFACES;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAINTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PAINTINGS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 46349108756     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856808784532581     Document Type: Article

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