Head motion in humans alternating between straight and curved walking path: Combination of stabilizing and anticipatory orienting mechanisms

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Hicheur, Halim ^a   Vieilledent, Stéphane ^b   Berthoz, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Curved walking; Head motion; Locomotion; Straight walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; GEOMETRY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 20344397351     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.046     Document Type: Article

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