Illusory shrinkage and growth: Body-based rescaling affects the perception of size

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1318-1325

  Linkenauger, Sally A ^a   Ramenzoni, Veronica ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

affordances; embodied perception; handedness; size perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649818967     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610380700     Document Type: Article

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