How You Move Is What You See: Action Planning Biases Selection in Visual Search

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1755-1769

  Wykowska, Agnieszka ^a   Schubö, Anna ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

action planning; action related biases on perception; visual selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649138885     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016798     Document Type: Article

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