Postural Dynamics and the Preferred Critical Boundary for Visually Guided Reaching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1365-1379

  Mark, Leonard S ^a   Nemeth, Kristie ^b   Gardner, Douglas ^b   Dainoff, Marvin J ^b   Paasche, Janina ^b   Duffy, Michael ^b   Grandt, Kelly ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KINESTHESIS; MALE; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031254002     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.5.1365     Document Type: Article

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