Weight Perception and the Haptic Size-Weight Illusion Are Functions of the Inertia Tensor

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 213-232

  Amazeen, Eric L ^a   Turvey, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; ROTATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ROTATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030078120     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.1.213     Document Type: Article

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