Attention and movement execution during handwriting

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 536-552

  Tucha, Oliver ^a   Mecklinger, Lara ^a   Walitza, Susanne ^b   Lange, Klaus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Handwriting; Kinematic analysis; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33749659687     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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