Mental walking through a complex maze influences lateralized ultradian rhythms

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1059-1074

  Meier Koll, Alfred ^a   Albrecht, Ulla ^b   Neuschwander, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH; VISION;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032239646     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.1059     Document Type: Article

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