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Mass discrimination in weightlessness improves with arm movements of higher acceleration

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Stirling, Scotland

    H. E. Ross

  2. DFVLR, Institut für Flugmedizin, D-5000, Köln

    E. Schwartz

  3. Department of Vision Sciences, University of Aston in Birmingham, B4 7ET, England

    P. Emmerson

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This experiment was sponsored by the Bundesminister für Forschung und Technologie, by the Medical Research Council, the Carnegie Trust, the Wellcome Trust, the University of Stirling and the University of Aston in Birmingham. Our thanks are due to the crew of STS 61-A, and to the many members of Nasa and DFVLR who assisted us.

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Ross, H.E., Schwartz, E. & Emmerson, P. Mass discrimination in weightlessness improves with arm movements of higher acceleration. Naturwissenschaften 73, 453–454 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367296

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