The Accuracy of Positioning Reactions as a Function of Their Direction and Extent

1948/04/01 by Judson S. Brown, E. B. Knauft, G. Rosenbaum +1 · 109 citations
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paper · doi:10.2307/1416963

published in The American Journal of Psychology 61(2), 167 (University of Illinois Press)

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Abstract

Judson S. Brown, E. B. Knauft, G. Rosenbaum, The Accuracy of Positioning Reactions as a Function of Their Direction and Extent, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Apr., 1948), pp. 167-182

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