Active artificial echolocation and the nonvisual perception of aperture passability

Human Movement Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 371-400

  Hughes, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active perception; Aperture perception; Blindfolded sighted; Echolocation; Sonar; Spatial layout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035511295     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(01)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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