Bodies and other visual objects: The dialectics of reaching toward objects

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Ellis, Rob ^a   Swabey, Dan ^a   Bridgeman, John ^a   May, Benjamin ^a   Tucker, Mike ^a   Hyne, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871930505     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0391-y     Document Type: Article

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