Discriminating throwing distances from point-light displays with masked ball flight

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-264

  Munzert, Jörn ^a   Hohmann, Tanja ^a   Hossner, Ernst Joachim ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Biological motion; Movement outcome; Point light displays; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77951431879     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440902757975     Document Type: Article

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