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Art spectatorship and haptic visuality: an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition

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Art spectatorship and haptic visuality: an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition. / Harland, Elizabeth Jane; Donnelly, Nick.
Sensory Arts and Design. ed. / Ian Heywood. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. p. 175-187 (Sensory Studies Series).

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Harvard

Harland, EJ & Donnelly, N 2017, Art spectatorship and haptic visuality: an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition. in I Heywood (ed.), Sensory Arts and Design. Sensory Studies Series, Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 175-187.

APA

Harland, E. J., & Donnelly, N. (2017). Art spectatorship and haptic visuality: an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition. In I. Heywood (Ed.), Sensory Arts and Design (pp. 175-187). (Sensory Studies Series). Bloomsbury Academic.

Vancouver

Harland EJ, Donnelly N. Art spectatorship and haptic visuality: an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition. In Heywood I, editor, Sensory Arts and Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. p. 175-187. (Sensory Studies Series).

Author

Harland, Elizabeth Jane ; Donnelly, Nick. / Art spectatorship and haptic visuality : an eye movement analysis exploring painting and embodied cognition. Sensory Arts and Design. editor / Ian Heywood. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. pp. 175-187 (Sensory Studies Series).

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