Design, data, and theory regarding a digital hand inclinometer: A portable device for studying slant perception

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-371

  Li, Zhi ^a   Durgin, Frank H ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital inclinometer; Geographical slant; Manual gesture; Proprioception; Slant perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956265325     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-010-0047-7     Document Type: Article

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