Divided attention impairs human motor adaptation but not feedback control

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 317-326

  Taylor, Jordan A ^a   Thoroughman, Kurt A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34447555657     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01070.2006     Document Type: Article

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