The role of anxiety in perceiving and realizing affordances

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-161

  Pijpers, J R ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Bakker, Frank C ^a   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33748575227     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco1803_1     Document Type: Article

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