The Relevance of Action in Perceiving Affordances: Perception of Catchableness of Fly Balls

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 879-891

  Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Michaels, Claire F ^a   Bakker, Frank C ^a   Dolné, Michel A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASEBALL; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BASEBALL; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030210888     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.4.879     Document Type: Article

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