Sex differences and action scaling in overhead reaching

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1123-1129

  Pepping, Gert Jan ^a   Li, François Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034201646     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.3c.1123     Document Type: Article

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