The body-inversion effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-308

  Reed, Catherine L ^a   Stone, Valerie E ^a   Bozova, Senia ^a   Tanaka, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POSTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0141575368     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.14431     Document Type: Article

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