Postural responses to specific types of working memory tasks

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-373

  Ramenzoni, Verónica C ^a   Riley, Michael A ^b   Shockley, Kevin ^b   Chiu, C Y Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Dual tasking; Postural control; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; POSTURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846948978     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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