On-off intermittency in a human balancing task

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 158702/1-158702/4

  Cabrera, Juan L ^a   Milton, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; FEEDBACK; MOTION CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

HUMAN BALANCING TASK; ON-OFF INTERMITTENCY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURONS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 4344708566     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.158702     Document Type: Article

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