Slalom walking with prism disorientation: Impact on verbal and spatial tasks

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Green, David A ^a   Zhu, Junhao L ^a   Anand, Shah ^a   Golding, John F ^b   Gresty, Mlchael A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Multitasking; Prism disorientation; Slalom walking; Spatial cognition; Verbal cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFUSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954968001     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2732.2010     Document Type: Article

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