The galileo bias: A naive conceptual belief that influences people's perceptions and performance in a ball-dropping task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-653

  Oberle, Crystal D ^a   McBeath, Michael K ^a   Madigan, Sean C ^a   Sugar, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Baseball; Induced motion; Perception; Relative motion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 23844436271     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.4.643     Document Type: Review

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