Motor abundance supports multitasking while standing

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 844-862

  Hsu, Wei Li ^a,b   Scholz, John P ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multitasking; Postural control; Quiet stance; Uncontrolled Manifold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CONFIGURATION VARIANCE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MULTIPLE TASK PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870247749     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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