The subdominant hand increases the efficacy of voluntary alterations in bimanual coordination

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 366-374

  Byblow, Winston D ^a   Lewis, Gwyn N ^a   Stinear, James W ^a   Austin, Nicola J ^a   Lynch, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Handedness; Intention; Laterality; Motor cortex; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034109172     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900271     Document Type: Article

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