The visual system's intrinsic bias influences space perception in the impoverished environment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 626-638

  Wu, Jun ^a   He, Zijiang J ^a   Ooi, Teng Leng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Intrinsic bias; Memory; Perceptual space; Slant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897932634     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033034     Document Type: Article

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