The Effects of Task-Irrelevant Olfactory Information on the Planning and the Execution of Reach-to-Grasp Movements

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-31

  Tubaldi, Federico ^a   Ansuini, Caterina ^a   Tirindelli, Roberto ^b   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Motor Control; Olfaction; Reach to Grasp Movements; Reaction Time; Selection for Action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 64949203117     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-009-9039-3     Document Type: Article

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