Symmetry, broken symmetry, and handedness in bimanual coordination dynamics

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-478

  Treffner, P J ^a,b   Turvey, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Handedness; Human; Rhythmic movement; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030052252     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230426     Document Type: Article

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