Grasping possibilities for action: Influence of object function and action capabilities

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1102-1114

  Ranganathan, Rajiv ^a   Lee, Mei Hua ^a   Brown, Amber J ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2330; Action capabilities; Affordances; Grasping; Object function; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855139492     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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