The influence of optic expansion rates when judging the relative time to contact of familiar objects

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Hosking, Simon G ^a   Crassini, Boris ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depth; Ecological optics; Motion 2D

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053071935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.6.20     Document Type: Article

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