Colour-induced relationship between affect and reaching kinematics during a goal-directed aiming task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-561

  Williams, Camille K ^a,b   Grierson, Lawrence E M ^c   Carnahan, Heather ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Magnocellular; Motor; Performance; Red; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; COLOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCALE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIOMECHANICS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79960947772     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2766-0     Document Type: Article

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