How haptic size sensations improve distance perception

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Battaglia, Peter W ^a   Kersten, Daniel ^b   Schrater, Paul R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISTANCE JUDGEMENTS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HAPTICS; MODEL PREDICTION; OBJECT DISTANCE; OBJECT SIZE; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SINGLE IMAGES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; SIZE; TACTILE STIMULATION; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959839749     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002080     Document Type: Article

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