Distance estimation in vista space

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1127-1137

  Oliver Daum, S ^a   Hecht, Heiko ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949194391     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.5.1127     Document Type: Article

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