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Shape of Subjective Space

Nature volume 150, page 349 (1942)Cite this article

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IN a discussion of blind spot phenomena, Bartley1 raises the question as to whether points subtending equal visual angles are subjectively equally separated, and suggests that the form of subjective space is related to the density of the rods and cones in the retina.

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  1. Bartley, S. H., "Vision: A Study of its Basis" (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.), p. 114.

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  1. Low Gables, Durham

    SHAUN M. COX

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COX, S. Shape of Subjective Space. Nature 150, 349 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150349b0

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