Downhill slopes look shallower from the edge

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Li, Zhi ^a   Durgin, Frank H ^a,b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal tendency; Geographical slant; Orientation constancy; Perceived gaze direction; Perceived head orientation; Slope perception; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349964678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.11.6     Document Type: Article

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