The binocular advantage in visuomotor tasks involving tools

i-Perception

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-110

  Read, Jenny C A ^a   Begum, Shah Farzana ^b   McDonald, Alice ^c   Trowbridge, Jack ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gosforth Academy   (United Kingdom)

^c Newcastle Community High School   (United Kingdom)

^d Queen Elizabeth High School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Dexterity; Motor coordination.; Stereoscopic depth perception; Visuomotor skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875777633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20416695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/i0565     Document Type: Article

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