Visual impressions of pushing and pulling: The object perceived as causal is not always the one that moves first

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1193-1217

  White, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Launching effect; Phenomenal causality; Pulling impression; Pushing impression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871572764     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7263     Document Type: Article

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