Improvement of obstacle avoidance on a compliant surface during transfer to a novel visual task after variable practice under unusual visual conditions

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Roller, Carrie A ^a   Cohen, Helen S ^a   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^b   Mulavara, Ajitkumar P ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTACLES; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 66649124287     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.108.1.173-180     Document Type: Article

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