Top-down processing and visual reorientation illusions in a virtual reality environment

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-149

  Mast, Fred W ^a,b   Oman, Charles M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Horizontal vertical; Optical illusions; Reference frame; Subjective vertical

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744268580     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.63.3.143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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