Length, weight, and width: Covariation assessments based on haptic exploration

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1459-1468

  McGahan, Joseph R ^a   Williamson, J David ^b   Stoecker, Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032089005     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.3c.1459     Document Type: Article

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