Spatial memory enhances the precision of angular self-motion updating

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-568

  Arthur, Joeanna C ^a   Philbeck, John W ^a   Chichka, David ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual pointing; Path integration; Perception action; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35648945847     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1075-0     Document Type: Article

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