When walking makes perception better

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-47

  Durgin, Frank H ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Locomotion; Optic flow; Perception; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849094649     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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