Strong tilt illusions always reduce orientation acuity

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 819-824

  Solomon, Joshua A ^a   Morgan, Michael J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oblique effect; Tilt illusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049112173     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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