Differential integration of visual and kinaesthetic signals to upright stance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-46

  Isableu, Brice ^a,b   Fourre, Benoît ^a,c   Vuillerme, Nicolas ^b,d   Giraudet, Guillaume ^c,e   Amorim, Michel Ange ^a,f  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Vision Science Department   (France)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Frames of reference; Human; Interindividual variability; Postural control; Proprioception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958858049     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2693-0     Document Type: Article

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