Launching at a distance: The effect of spatial markers

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1356-1370

  Young, Michael E ^a   Falmier, Olga ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN;

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 49449083931     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701595522     Document Type: Article

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