How our body influences our perception of the world

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Harris, Laurence R ^a,b   Carnevale, Michael J ^a,b   D'Amour, Sarah ^a,b   Fraser, Lindsey E ^a,b   Harrar, Vanessa ^c   Hoover, Adria E N ^a,b   Mander, Charles ^a,b   Pritchett, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Body representation; Crossmodal; Distance; Gravity; Self perception; Tactile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940536244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00819     Document Type: Review

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