Distance and size perception in astronauts during long-duration spaceflight

Life

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 524-537

  Clément, Gilles ^a   Skinner, Anna ^b   Lathan, Corinna ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ANTHROTRONIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance perception; Gravity; Human visual perception; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894387526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life3040524     Document Type: Article

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