Perception of Forces Exerted by Objects in Collision Events

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 580-601

  White, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

causal understanding; force perception; phenomenal causality

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 67651061532     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016337     Document Type: Article

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