Attentional influences on the performance of secondary physical tasks during posture control

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-658

  Cluff, Tyler ^a   Gharib, Taher ^a   Balasubramaniam, Ramesh ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Focus of attention; Motor learning and expertise; Posture control; Stick balancing; Suprapostural tasks; Variability in motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FINGER; INNERVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956222828     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2274-7     Document Type: Article

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