Perceived arm posture and remote haptic perception of whether an object can be stepped over

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Wagman, Jeffrey B ^a   Taylor, Kona R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Haptic perception; Locomotion; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; TOUCH;

EID: 22644436496     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.37.5.339-342     Document Type: Article

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