Walking there: Environmental influence on walking-distance estimation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-132

  Iosa, M ^a   Fusco, A ^a   Morone, G ^a   Paolucci, S ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance perception; Environmental cues; Gait; Locomotor body schema; Path length estimation; Target directed walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; WALKING;

ADULT; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 80053372468     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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