Human readiness to throw: The size-weight illusion is not an illusion when picking the best objects to throw

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 288-293

  Zhu, Qin ^a   Bingham, Geoffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Language; Overarm throwing; Size weight illusion

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 79957912771     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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