Grasping the diagonal: Controlling attention to illusory stimuli for action and perception

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-228

  Stöttinger, Elisabeth ^a   Aigner, Stefan ^a   Hanstein, Klara ^a   Perner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conscious perception; Implicit knowledge; Knowledge for action; Obstacles avoidance; Perceptual judgement; Visual illusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; THUMB; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749167888     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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