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Smaller = Denser, and the Brain Knows It: Natural Statistics of Object Density Shape Weight Expectations

If one nondescript object’s volume is twice that of another, is it necessarily twice as heavy? As larger objects are typically heavier than smaller ones, one might assume humans use such heuristics in preparing to lift novel objects if other informative cues (e.g., material, previous lifts) are unav...

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Autores principales: Peters, Megan A. K., Balzer, Jonathan, Shams, Ladan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25768977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119794