Subconfigurations of the human form in the perception of biological motion displays

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 293-318

  Pinto, J ^a   Shiffrar, M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Motion perception; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033194706     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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