Attentional demands associated with postural control depend on task difficulty and visual condition

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-340

  Remaud, Anthony ^a   Boyas, Sébastien ^a,b   Caron, Guillaume A R ^b,c   Bilodeau, Martin ^a,b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

attention; dual task; quiet standing; test retest reliability; verbal reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868346452     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.708680     Document Type: Article

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