Unilateral reaction time task is delayed during contralateral movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Begeman, Maaike ^a   Kumru, Hatice ^b   Leenders, Klaus ^c   Valls Sole, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ballistic movement; Dual task interference; Motor preparation; Startling auditory stimulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447499937     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0944-x     Document Type: Article

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