Heaviness perception: I. Constant involvement of haptically perceived size in weight discrimination

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-22

  Kawai, Satoru ^a  

^a TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingertip; Haptic size; Heaviness perception; Human; Weight discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; PLASTIC; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENSITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036398939     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1209-3     Document Type: Article

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