Watch this! Observed tool use affects perceived distance

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-183

  Bloesch, Emily K ^a   Davoli, Christopher C ^b   Roth, Noam ^a   Brockmole, James R ^b   Abrams, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Mirror effect; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858433568     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0200-z     Document Type: Article

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