The haptic oblique effect in the perception of rod orientation by blind adults

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Gentaz, Edouard ^a   Hatwell, Yvette ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 0031601383     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211925     Document Type: Article

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