Multisensory integration in the estimation of relative path length

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-254

  Sun, Hong Jin ^a   Campos, Jennifer L ^a   Chan, George S W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance; Locomotion; Optic flow; Perception; Proprioception; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CUES; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 1642410575     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1652-9     Document Type: Article

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