Noninformative vision improves haptic spatial perception

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1661-1664

  Newport, Roger ^a   Rabb, Benjamin ^a   Jackson, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 0036795319     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01178-8     Document Type: Article

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