Perceptual-motor performance and associated kinematics in space

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-892

  Fowler, Barry ^a   Meehan, Sean ^b,d   Singhal, Anthony ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE OVERLOADS; DUAL TASKS; DUAL-TASK CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; INITIAL STAGES; INPUT OUTPUTS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK DESIGNS; TIME TO PEAKS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE STATIONS;

MOTORS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ASTRONAUTS; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; SPACE FLIGHT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 62649127110     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X374965     Document Type: Article

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