Invariance of locomotor trajectories across visual and gait direction conditions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Pham, Quang Cuong ^a   Berthoz, Alain ^a   Hicheur, Halim ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backward walking; Human locomotion; Invariance; Locomotor trajectories; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953807626     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2619-x     Document Type: Article

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