Grasping Beer Mugs: On the Dynamics of Alignment Effects Induced by Handled Objects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-358

  Bub, Daniel N ^a   Masson, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

action representations; object affordances; spatial alignment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77950556554     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017606     Document Type: Article

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