Brave upside down world - Does looking between the legs elongate or shorten the perceived distance

Psihologija

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Tošković, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Body position; Distance perception; Looking between the legs; Proprioceptive information; Vestibular information

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957730851     PISSN: 00485705     EISSN: 14519283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1001021T     Document Type: Article

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