Perception of affordances for walking under a barrier from proximal and distal points of observation

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-83

  Wagman, Jeffrey B ^a   Malek, Eric A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 42549088641     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407410701766650     Document Type: Article

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