Divided attention costs for speeded and non-speeded movements to near and far targets

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 371-381

  Hart, Melanic A ^a   Dornier, L A ^b   Reeve, T G ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional demands; Non speeded; Reaction time; Speeded

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947240281     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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