Descartes's blind man revisited: Bimanual triangulation of distance using static hand-held rods

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-98

  Cabe, Patrick A ^a   Wright, Cheryl D ^a   Wright, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KINESTHESIS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038601657     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423336     Document Type: Article

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