How "Paternalistic" Is Spatial Perception? Why Wearing a Heavy Backpack Doesn't-and Couldn't-Make Hills Look Steeper

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-473

  Firestone, Chaz ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action performance; embodiment; perception; philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879908118     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691613489835     Document Type: Article

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