Perception of passage through openings depends on the size of the body in motion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-310

  Franchak, John M ^a   Celano, Emma C ^a   Adolph, Karen E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Apertures; Gait modifications; Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MODIFICATION; BODY MOVEMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; WALKER;

FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING;

EID: 84871278466     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3261-y     Document Type: Article

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