The venetian-blind effect: A preference for zero disparity or zero slant?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Vlaskamp, Björn N S ^a,b   Guan, Phillip ^a   Banks, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Disparity; Slant; Venetian blinds; Wallpaper illusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889681474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00836     Document Type: Article

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