Being Barbie: the size of one's own body determines the perceived size of the world.

A classical question in philosophy and psychology is if the sense of one's body influences how one visually perceives the world. Several theoreticians have suggested that our own body serves as a fundamental reference in visual perception of sizes and distances, although compelling experimental...

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Main Authors: Björn van der Hoort, Arvid Guterstam, H Henrik Ehrsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102093?pdf=render