Effects of affordance perception on the initiation and actualization of action

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-149

  Smith, Joanne ^a,b   Pepping, Gert Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77951930471     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407411003720080     Document Type: Article

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