Evidence for the use of rotational optic flow cues for locomotor steering in healthy older adults

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1089-1096

  Berard, Jessica R ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b   Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Heading; Posture; Visual motion; Visuomotor control; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTIC FLOW; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052587909     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00277.2011     Document Type: Article

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