Compressing perceived distance with remote tool-use: Real, imagined, and remembered

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-89

  Davoli, Christopher C ^a   Brockmole, James R ^b   Witt, Jessica K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Distance perception; Embodied cognition; Intention; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862860325     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024981     Document Type: Article

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