Using movement and intentions to understand human activity

Cognition

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-216

  Zacks, Jeffrey M ^a   Kumar, Shawn ^a   Abrams, Richard A ^a   Mehta, Ritesh ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649227058     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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