The perception of tactile distance: Influences of body site, space, and time

Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 851-875

  Cholewiak, Roger W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH;

EID: 0033255153     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2873     Document Type: Article

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