The utilisation of visual information in the control of rapid interceptive actions

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Marinovic, Welber ^a   Plooy, Annaliese M ^a   Tresilian, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Interception; Motor control; Movement; Time to contact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649522674     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.4.265     Document Type: Article

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