Breaking the Reflectional Symmetry of Interlimb Coordination Dynamics

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-216

  Amazeen, Polemnia G ^a   Amazeen, Eric L ^a   Turvey, M T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Group theory; Interlimb coordination; Inverted pendulum; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RHYTHM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WALKING;

EID: 0031707533     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899809601337     Document Type: Article

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