Assessing auditory distance perception using perceptually directed action

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 966-980

  Loomis, Jack M ^a   Klatzky, Roberta L ^b   Philbeck, John W ^a   Golledge, Reginald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS;

EID: 0032133711     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211932     Document Type: Article

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