What an Actor Must Do in Order to Perceive the Affordance for Sitting

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 325-366

  Mark, Leonard S ^a   Balliett, James A ^a   Craver, Kent D ^a   Douglas, Stephen D ^a   Fox, Teresa ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000967518     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: 15326969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0204_2     Document Type: Article

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