The tactual horizontal-vertical illusion depends on radial motion of the entire arm

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1297-1311

  Heller, Morton A ^a   Calcaterra, Jeffrey A ^a   Burson, Lynnetta L ^a   Green, Shavonda L ^a  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 0031263853     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03214215     Document Type: Article

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