Effects of attention on phase transitions between bimanual coordination patterns: A behavioral and cost analysis in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Monno, A ^a   Chardenon, A ^a   Temprado, J J ^a   Zanone, P G ^b   Laurent, M ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Bimanual coordination; Coordination dynamics; Phase transition; Reaction Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FOREARM; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034616229     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00924-1     Document Type: Article

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