Living in a material world: How visual cues to material properties affect the way that we lift objects and perceive their weight

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3111-3118

  Buckingham, Gavin ^a   Cant, Jonathan S ^a   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYSTYRENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; WEIGHT; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749096300     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00515.2009     Document Type: Article

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