Tool use and perceived distance: When unreachable becomes spontaneously reachable

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-339

  Osiurak, François ^a   Morgado, Nicolas ^b   Palluel Germain, Richard ^b,c  

^a Lyon University   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Dialectical theory; Distance perception; Implicit condition; Intention; Perception action coupling; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862901550     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3036-5     Document Type: Article

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