Distraction of eye-hand coordination varies with working memory capacity

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Domkin, Dmitry ^a   Sörqvist, Patrik ^a,b   Richter, Hans O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

distraction; eye hand coordination; memory scanning; motor control; working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874498399     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.746282     Document Type: Article

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