Memory for curvature of objects: Haptic touch vs. vision

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-610

  Ittyerah, Miriam ^a   Marks, Lawrence E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 36048939141     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X171531     Document Type: Article

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