Effects of perspective on the amplification of object sizes that intercept the horizon line;Efeitos da Perspectiva na Amplificação dos Tamanhos de Objetos que Interceptam a Linha do Horizonte

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-187

  Torro Alves, Nelson ^a   Ferreira, Adriana Vale ^b   Bernardino, Leonardo Gomes ^b   Fukusima, Sérgio Sheiji ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exposition time; Horizon; Pictorial depth cues; Relative size; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862601266     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722012000100022     Document Type: Article

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