The contribution of vision, proprioception, and efference copy in storing a neural representation for guiding trail leg trajectory over an obstacle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2283-2293

  Lajoie, Kim ^a   Bloomfield, Leigh W ^a   Nelson, Fraser J ^a   Suh, Jaewon J ^a   Marigold, Daniel S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corollary discharge; Locomotion; Memory; Obstacle avoidance; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859760025     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00756.2011     Document Type: Article

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