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Treading a Slippery Slope: Slant Perception In Near and Far Space

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Treading a Slippery Slope: Slant Perception In Near and Far Space Eric Chiu University of California, Merced (UCM) Merrit Hoover University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Joshua Quan University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Bruce Bridgeman University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Abstract: Hills are judged steeper with verbal measures than with motor measures. Previous studies of slope estimation have used relatively long distances. Since some neurons in premotor and parietal cortex respond only to objects within arms reach, this study was designed to compare verbal and motor estimates of slopes in near and far space. Verbal estimates greatly overestimated slopes (distance & surface experiment)

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Bruce Bridgeman, Eric Chiu, Merrit A. Hoover, Joshua Quan

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2618237155

FWCI: 0.14

Cites: 23

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10