Asymmetrical body perception: A possible role for neural body representations

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1373-1380

  Linkenauger, Sally A ^a   Witt, Jessica K ^b   Bakdash, Jonathan Z ^c   Stefanucci, Jeanine K ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ARM; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 74549124801     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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