The visual system's intrinsic bias and knowledge of size mediate perceived size and location in the dark

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1930-1942

  He, Zijiang J ^a,b   Zhou, Liu ^a,b   Ooi, Teng Leng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Intrinsic bias; Memory; Size distance invariance hypothesis; Size perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GESTURE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; WALKING;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GESTURES; HUMANS; MEMORY; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 84887518323     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033088     Document Type: Article

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