Obstacle avoidance during locomotion using haptic information in normally sighted humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-185

  Patla, Aftab E ^a   Davies, T Claire ^a   Niechwiej, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haptic sense; Locomotion; Obstacle avoidance; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOES; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 1642393924     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1714-z     Document Type: Article

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