Vision in the palm of your hand

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1621-1626

  Brown, Liana E ^a   Morrissey, Brendan F ^b   Goodale, Melvyn A ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multisensory processing; Pointing; Tactile resolution; Target location; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BIOPHYSICS; HAND; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKIN; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 63049103921     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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