Cognitive demand of human sensorimotor performance during an extended space mission: A dual-task study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 819-824

  Bock, Otmar ^a   Weigelt, Cornelia ^a   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ISS.; Manual tracking; Motor skills; Multitasking; Sensorimotor adaptation; Spaceflight; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 77956376444     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2608.2010     Document Type: Article

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