The time course of attention shifts following perturbation of upright stance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Norrie, Robert G ^a,c   Maki, Brian E ^b,c   Staines, Richard W ^a,c   McIlroy, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive processing; Compensatory balance reaction; Dual task; Postural control; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036386202     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1172-z     Document Type: Article

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