Factors that affect action possibility judgments: The assumed abilities of other people

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Welsh, Timothy N ^a   Wong, Lokman ^a   Chandrasekharan, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action perception; Action possibility judgments; Action simulation; Fitts' Law; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877352568     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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