Gaze behavior and the perception of egocentric distance

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gajewski, Daniel A ^a   Wallin, Courtney P ^a   Philbeck, John W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular declination; Distance perception; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DECLINATION; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGULAR DECLINATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS;

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893625519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.1.20     Document Type: Article

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