What the Hand Does: A Neglected Contribution to Smartphone Appeal
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Authors
- Ramin Saadat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4947-5722)
Institutions
- Council for British Research in the Levant (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22762968
- Primary Topic
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Type
- preprint