The perceptual basis of common photographic practice

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cooper, Emily A ^a   Piazza, Elise A ^a   Banks, Martin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth perception; Perspective distortion; Photography; Picture perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866261945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.5.8     Document Type: Article

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