Contribution of visually perceived size to the scaling of fingertip forces when lifting a 'small' object

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 827-835

  Kawai, Satoru ^a   Mackenzie, Christine L ^b   Ivens, Chris J ^b   Yamamoto, Takashi ^b  

^a TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034575844     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.3.827     Document Type: Article

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