Evidence for axis-aligned motion bias: Football axis-trajectory misalignment causes systematic error in projected final destinations of thrown American footballs

Perception

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Dolgov, Igor ^a   Mcbeath, Michael K ^a   Sugar, Thomas ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 74949092644     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6114     Document Type: Article

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