Metronome rate and walking foot contact time in young adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Dickstein, Ruth ^a   Plax, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861371230     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/15.25.PMS.114.1.21-28     Document Type: Article

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