Surface boundaries do not constrain a depth aftereffect

K van der Kooij1, F Domini, S F te Pas

  • 1Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. katinkavanderkooij@gmail.com

Vision Research
|October 19, 2010
PubMed

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