Seeing the body distorts tactile size perception

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 475-481

  Longo, Matthew R ^a   Sadibolova, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body representation; Multisensory; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872184211     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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