Observer movement and size constancy

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-675

  Combe, Emmanuelle ^a   Wexler, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Action; Constancy; Size perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953805845     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610367753     Document Type: Article

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