Effects of force production and trial duration on bimanual performance and attentional demands in a rhythmic coordination task

Motor Control

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Murian, Alexandre ^a   Deschamps, Thibault ^a   Temprado, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Bimanual coordination; EMG; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; RHYTHM; TASK PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 41649118047     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.12.1.21     Document Type: Article

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