An fMRI Study of Parietal Cortex Involvement in the Visual Guidance of Locomotion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1495-1507

  Billington, Jac ^a   Field, David T ^b   Wilkie, Richard M ^c   Wann, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heading; Intraparietal sulcus; Motion complex; Road features; Superior parietal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINESTHESIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC FLOW; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINESTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OPTIC FLOW; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956181544     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018728     Document Type: Article

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