Common 3 and 10 Hz oscillations modulate human eye and finger movements while they simultaneously track a visual target

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 515, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 905-917

  McAuley, J H ^a   Farmer, S F ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0033559331     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.905ab.x     Document Type: Article

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