Launching, Entraining, and Representational Momentum: Evidence Consistent with an Impetus Heuristic in Perception of Causality

Axiomathes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 633-643

  Hubbard, Timothy L ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal perception; Entraining effect; Heuristics; Impetus; Launching effect; Representational momentum; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888043264     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-012-9186-z     Document Type: Article

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