An Embodied Approach to Perception: By What Units Are Visual Perceptions Scaled?

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-483

  Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

embodied perception; perceptual scaling; spatial perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879936946     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691613489837     Document Type: Article

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