Embodied motion perception: Psychophysical studies of the factors defining visual sensitivity to self- and other-generated actions

Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-144

  Shiffrar, Maggie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951475488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809891     Document Type: Chapter

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