The social psychology of perception experiments: Hills, backpacks, glucose, and the problem of generalizability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1582-1595

  Durgin, Frank H ^a   Klein, Brennan ^a   Spiegel, Ariana ^a   Strawser, Cassandra J ^a   Williams, Morgan ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood sugar; Embodied perception; Experimental demand characteristics; Geographical slant perception; Glucose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874733114     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027805     Document Type: Article

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