Size-induced distortions in perceptual maps of visual space

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-14

  McGraw, Paul V ^a   Roach, Neil W ^a   Badcock, David R ^b   Whitaker, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distortions; Perceptual maps; Visual space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA;

BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861150237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.4.8     Document Type: Article

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