How humans combine simultaneous proprioceptive and visual position information

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Van Beers, Robert J ^a   Sittig, Anne C ^a   Denier Van Der Gon, Jan J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human; Multisensory integration; Proprioception; Slow movement; Spatial localisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0029742021     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227302     Document Type: Article

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