Eye-head coordination for the steering of locomotion in humans: An anticipatory synergy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-118

  Grasso, Renato ^a   Prévost, Pascal ^b   Ivanenko, Yuri P ^a,c   Berthoz, Alain ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Eye head coordination; Feed forward control; Head movements; Locomotion; Steering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DARKNESS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD; HUMANS; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0032483504     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00625-9     Document Type: Article

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