An archer's perceived form scales the "hitableness" of archery targets

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1125-1131

  Lee, Yang ^a   Lee, Sih ^a   Carello, Claudia ^b   Turvey, M T ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordance; Apparent size; Ecological approach; Haptic perception; Quiet eye duration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPORTS;

EID: 84872818872     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029036     Document Type: Article

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