Exploring interlimb constraints during bimanual graphic performance: Effects of muscle grouping and direction

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-87

  Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Jardin, Kris ^a   Verschueren, Sabine ^a   Meulenbroek, Ruud ^b   Franz, Liz ^c   Dounskaia, N ^d   Walter, C B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Directional coding; Drawing; Hemisphere lateralization; Interlimb constraints; Spatial parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0031934881     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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