Being barbie: The size of one's own body determines the perceived size of the world

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  van der Hoort, Björn ^a   Guterstam, Arvid ^a   Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RETINA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ILLUSION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957530872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020195     Document Type: Article

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