When objects are close to me: Affordances in the peripersonal space

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-308

  Costantini, Marcello ^a   Ambrosini, Ettore ^a   Scorolli, Claudia ^b   Borghi, Anna M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Affordance; Function; Manipulation; Peripersonal space; Tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955763713     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0054-4     Document Type: Article

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