Redirection of gaze and switching of attention during rapid stepping reactions evoked by unpredictable postural perturbation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 392-401

  Zettel, John L ^a   Holbeche, Andrea ^a   McIlroy, William E ^a   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Balance; Environmental constraints; Eye movements; Postural control; Stepping; Triggered reactions; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENT; ERROR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 23944513278     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2310-1     Document Type: Article

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