Virtual reality as a tool for the study of perception-action: The case of running to catch fly balls

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-103

  Zaal, Frank T J M ^a   Bootsma, Reinoud J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCEPTION-ACTION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79955683913     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres_a_00037     Document Type: Article

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