Length perception by dynamic touch: the effects of aging and experience

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Chang, Chih Hui ^a   Wade, Michael G ^b   Stoffregen, Thomas A ^b   Ho, Huei Ying ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynamic touch; Ecological perspective; Experience; Length perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; AGE; DECISION MAKING; MECHANORECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SIZE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 48249084631     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.P165     Document Type: Article

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