The extent of interlimb transfer following adaptation to a novel visuomotor condition does not depend on awareness of the condition

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Wang, Jinsung ^a   Joshi, Mukta ^a   Lei, Yuming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Motor control; Motor learning; Reaching movement; Visual rotation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERLIMB TRANSFER; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959983822     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00254.2011     Document Type: Article

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