Circular trajectory formation during blind locomotion: A test for path integration and motor memory

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-368

  Takei, Y ^a   Grasso, R ^a,b   Amorim, M A ^a   Berthoz, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular trajectories; Locomotion; Motor systems; Path integration; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CUES; DARKNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030979921     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005705     Document Type: Article

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