Pivots for Pointing: Visually-Monitored Pointing Has Higher Arm Elevations Than Pointing Blindfolded

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1485-1491

  Wnuczko, Marta ^a   Kennedy, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blindfolded; Elevation; Perspective; Pointing; Space perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

BODY HEIGHT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KINESTHESIS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053955906     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024232     Document Type: Article

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