Cognitive demands and cortical control of human balance-recovery reactions

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1279-1296

  Maki, B E ^a,b,c   McIlroy, W E ^a,b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional dynamics; Automatic postural response; Dual task interference; Electroencephalography; Evoked potentials; Eye movements; Gaze; Grasping; Postural balance; Reaching; Saccades; Stepping; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triggered reactions

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GAZE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 34848838649     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-007-0764-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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