A distraction can impair or enhance motor performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 650-654

  Hemond, Christopher ^a   Brown, Rachel M ^b   Robertson, Edwin M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949134173     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4592-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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