An empirical explanation of the speed-distance effect

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Wojtach, William T ^a   Sung, Kyongje ^a   Purves, Dale ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 69849088929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006771     Document Type: Article

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