Is Limb Proprioception a Function of the Limbs' Inertial Eigenvectors?

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-69

  Pagano, Christopher C ^a,b,d   Garrett, Steven R ^b   Turvey, M T ^b,c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Box 341511 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0006533670     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0801_3     Document Type: Article

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