Factors that affect action possibility judgements: Recent experience with the action and the current body state

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 976-993

  Chandrasekharan, Sanjay ^a   Binsted, Gordon ^b   Ayres, Fabio ^c   Higgins, Laura ^c   Welsh, Timothy N ^d  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action; Action possibility judgements; Fitts' law; Mental simulation; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84861318537     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.638720     Document Type: Article

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