Spatial Coupling in the Coordination of Complex Actions

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 684-704

  Franz, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031201156     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755726     Document Type: Article

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