Imagined body orientation and perception of the visual vertical

Psychological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-70

  Mertz, Sophie ^a   Lepecq, Jean Claude ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035237848     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260000048     Document Type: Article

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