Environmental surfaces and the compression of perceived visual space

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Bian, Zheng ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D surface and shape perception; Depth; Space and scene perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

COMPUTERS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80054041817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.7.1     Document Type: Article

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