Effects of supine body position and low radial accelerations on the visually perceived apparent zenith

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-46

  Raphel, Christian ^a,c   Cian, Corinne ^a   Barraud, Pierre Alain ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Unité de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZATION; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0035235065     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200501     Document Type: Article

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