Dual-task performance in right- and left-handed adults: A finger-tapping and foot-tapping study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 323-334

  Fearing, Marsha K ^b   Browning, Cassandra A ^b   Corey, David M ^b   Foundas, Anne L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOT; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035318516     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.2.323     Document Type: Article

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