Why walkers slip: Shine is not a reliable cue for slippery ground

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-352

  Joh, Amy S ^a   Adolph, Karen E ^a   Campbel, Margot R ^a   Eppler, Marion A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 33748341457     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193681     Document Type: Review

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