Comparing biological motion perception in two distinct human societies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Pica, Pierre ^a,b   Jackson, Stuart ^c,f   Blake, Randolph ^c,d   Troje, Nikolaus F ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PIGEON; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355176576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028391     Document Type: Article

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