The plasticity of near space: Evidence for contraction

Cognition

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-456

  Lourenco, Stella F ^a   Longo, Matthew R ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraction; Line bisection; Near space representation; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68049129546     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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