Body configuration modulates the usage of local cues to direction in biological-motion perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1543-1549

  Hirai, Masahiro ^a,b   Chang, Dorita H F ^c   Saunders, Daniel R ^a,d   Troje, Nikolaus F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

motion perception; social perception; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055181969     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611417257     Document Type: Article

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