A nonlinear analysis of the temporal characteristics of handwriting

Human Movement Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-524

  Longstaff, M G ^a   Heath, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2330; Chaos theory; Coordinative structures; Degrees of freedom problem; Motor memory; Nonlinear dynamic analysis; Rhythmic movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000383927     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(99)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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