A Weight Illusion Produced by Lifting Movements
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 44 (1), 299-305
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.44.1.299
Abstract
The perceived relative heaviness of objects was manipulated by instructing 13 subjects to lift them gently or vigorously. Objects lifted gently generally felt heavier than those lifted vigorously, as was predicted by the motor theory of weight judgment and the known behavior of proprioceptors. The time-order error was shown to be significantly related to lifting movements.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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