Manipulating the strength of the Ponzo and horizontal-vertical illusions through extraction of local cue information

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-394

  Searleman, Alan ^a   Porac, Clare ^b   Alvin, Jennelle ^a   Peaslee, Kendra ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350714469     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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