Gaze and viewing angle influence visual stabilization of upright posture

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Ustinova, K I ^a   Perkins, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Postural control; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY SURFACE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GAZE; GAZE ANGLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; POSTURE STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIEWING ANGLE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STABILIZATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 84881139369     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.10     Document Type: Article

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