Veering in women: inconsistency of forward and backward progression. Export

@article{citeulike:6090291, abstract = {In a large rectangular room, 13 blindfolded women attempted to walk in a straight line from one end of the room to a target centered at the other end of the room. On 12 trials, the women walked forward, and on 12 trials they walked backward. On half the trials under each of these conditions, they walked toward the north, and on the other half to the south. Performance errors were highly correlated for northward and southward progression, an indication of good reliability for this veering task. Veering during forward progression was not significantly related to veering during backward progression. Individual consistency in veering was demonstrated in several ways, and approximately half the participants veered in the same direction on nearly all trials. These results indicate that veering should be considered as an additional manifestation of lateral preferences in human motor behavior.}, author = {Day, H. D. and Goins, V. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {6090291}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9347548}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9347548}, issn = {0031-5125}, journal = {Perceptual and motor skills}, keywords = {lol}, month = {October}, number = {2}, pages = {587--596}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 18:39:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Veering in women: inconsistency of forward and backward progression.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9347548}, volume = {85}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6090291 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6090291 N2 - In a large rectangular room, 13 blindfolded women attempted to walk in a straight line from one end of the room to a target centered at the other end of the room. On 12 trials, the women walked forward, and on 12 trials they walked backward. On half the trials under each of these conditions, they walked toward the north, and on the other half to the south. Performance errors were highly correlated for northward and southward progression, an indication of good reliability for this veering task. Veering during forward progression was not significantly related to veering during backward progression. Individual consistency in veering was demonstrated in several ways, and approximately half the participants veered in the same direction on nearly all trials. These results indicate that veering should be considered as an additional manifestation of lateral preferences in human motor behavior. IS - 2 JF - Perceptual and motor skills SN - 0031-5125 EP - 596 TI - Veering in women: inconsistency of forward and backward progression. VL - 85 SP - 587 KW - lol AU - Day, HD AU - Goins, VJ PY - 1997/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9347548 ER -