Carrying a biological "backpack": Quasi-experimental effects of weight status and body fat change on perceived steepness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 331-338

  Taylor Covill, Guy A H ^a   Eves, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fat; DXA; Embodied cognition; Geographical slant perception; Staircases; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAIR CLIMBING; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; STAIR CLIMBING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958864215     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000137     Document Type: Article

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