Plunging into the pool of death: Imagining a dangerous outcome influences distance perception

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Stefanucci, Jeanine K ^a   Gagnon, Kyle T ^a   Tompkins, Christopher L ^b   Bullock, Kendall E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 84858204479     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7131     Document Type: Article

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