Within reach but not so reachable: Obstacles matter in visual perception of distances

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 462-467

  Morgado, Nicolas ^a   Gentaz, Édouard ^a   Guinet, Éric ^a   Osiurak, François ^b   Palluel Germain, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b Lyon University   (France)

Author keywords

Distance perception; Economy of action; Effort; Perception action link; Peripersonal space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878475285     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0358-z     Document Type: Article

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