WEIGHT AND MASS AS PSYCHOPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Authors
ROSS HE
Citation
He. Ross, WEIGHT AND MASS AS PSYCHOPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, Behavioral and brain sciences, 18(3), 1995, pp. 606-607
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
606 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1995)18:3<606:WAMAPA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In terms of physics, mass is the fixed attribute of an object while we ight varies with the accelerative force. Neither weight nor mass are s imple sensory stimuli as both involve the integration of sensory and m otor information with higher cognitive processes. Studies of apparent heaviness yield only vague information about sensorimotor mechanisms.