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Anisotropy and polarization of space: Evidence from naïve optics and phenomenological psychophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Ivana Bianchi  and
Marco Bertamini
Ivana Bianchi
Affiliation:
Department of Humanities, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy. ivana.bianchi@unimc.ithttp://docenti.unimc.it/docenti/ivana-bianchi
Marco Bertamini
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA, United Kingdom. m.bertamini@liv.ac.ukhttp://www.liv.ac.uk/vp/marco.html
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Abstract

Additional evidence is presented concerning the anisotropy between vertical and horizontal encoding, which emerges from studies of human perception and cognition of space in plane mirror reflections. Moreover, it is suggested that the non-metric characteristic of polarization – that Jeffery et al. discuss with respect to gravity – is not limited to the vertical dimension.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 545 - 546
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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