Is interlimb transfer of force-field adaptation a cognitive response to the sudden introduction of load?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 8084-8089

  Malfait, Nicole ^a   Ostry, David J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Dynamics; Force field; Interlimb transfer; Motor learning; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4644288253     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1742-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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