A comparison of two theories of perceived distance on the ground plane: The angular expansion hypothesis and the intrinsic bias hypothesis

i-Perception

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-383

  Li, Zhi ^a   Durgin, Frank H ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentric distance; Exocentric distance; Geographical slant; Non euclidean; Spatial biases; Visual space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865098518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20416695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/i0505     Document Type: Article

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