Visual Space Perception and Visually Directed Action

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 906-921

  Loomis, Jack M ^a   Da Silva, José A ^b   Fujita, Naofumi ^c   Fukusima, Sergio S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026953714     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.18.4.906     Document Type: Article

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