How body asymmetries determine accessibility in spatial frameworks

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 487-508

  Bryant, David J ^a   Wright, W Geoffrey ^b  

^a Humansystems Incorporated   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033128585     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755821     Document Type: Article

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