Gauging Possibilities for Action Based on Friction Underfoot

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1145-1157

  Joh, Amy S ^a   Adolph, Karen E ^a   Narayanan, Priya J ^a   Dietz, Victoria A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

friction; locomotion; perception action; prospective control; slopes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36049004927     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1145     Document Type: Article

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