The perceptual experience of slope by foot and by finger

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 709-719

  Hajnal, Alen ^a   Abdul Malak, Daniel T ^a   Durgin, Frank H ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Haptic perception; Proprioception; Slope perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FINGER; FOOT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINGERS; FOOT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958490434     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019950     Document Type: Article

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