Transfer of recalibration from audition to touch: Modality independence as a special case of anatomical independence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-602

  Wagman, Jeffrey B ^a   Abney, Drew H ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Calibration; Haptic perception; Kinesthetics; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867386751     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025427     Document Type: Article

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