The behavioural and electrophysiological effects of visual task difficulty and bimanual coordination mode during dual-task performance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-487

  Matthews, A J ^a   Martin, F H ^a   Garry, M ^a   Summers, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Dual task; Event related potentials, P3b; P3a, attentional resources; Visual three stimulus paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349235367     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1943-x     Document Type: Article

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