Why you need to look where you step for precise foot placement: The effects of gaze eccentricity on stepping errors

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-246

  Smid, K A ^a   Den Otter, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gaze; Sensorimotor control; Spatial coding; Stepping; Visual guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

GAZE; SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL; SPATIAL CODING; STEPPING; VISUAL GUIDANCE;

FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880035193     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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