Influence of Animation on Dynamical Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 669-689

  Kaiser, Mary K ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^b   Whelan, Susan M ^b   Hecht, Heiko ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0026903216     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.18.3.669     Document Type: Article

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