The role of vision in maintaining heading direction: Effects of changing gaze and optic flow on human gait

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Schubert, M ^a   Bohner, C ^a   Berger, W ^a   Sprundel, M V ^b   Duysens, J E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Focus of expansion (FOE); Gaze; Heading; Human gait; Optic flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DARKNESS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS OF EXPANSION; GAIT; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0038485639     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1390-z     Document Type: Article

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