Time-To-Contact: More Than Tau Alone

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-297

  Hancock, Peter A ^a,b   Manser, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

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EID: 0031352058     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0904_2     Document Type: Article

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