Segmenting the body into parts: Evidence from biases in tactile perception

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 500-512

  De Vignemont, Frederique ^a,e   Majid, Asifa ^b   Jola, Corinne ^c   Haggard, Patrick ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

Author keywords

Body parts; Body schema; Segmentation; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ART; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349102227     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802000802     Document Type: Article

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