Behavioral ecology meets motor behavior: Choosing between walking and reaching paths

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Rosenbaum, David A ^a   Brach, Michael ^a   Semenov, Andrei ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; locomotion; planning; reaching; walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 79952652004     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2010.548423     Document Type: Article

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