An analysis of spatiotemporal variability during prehension movements: Effects of object size and distance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-464

  Kudoh, Nobuo ^a,c   Hattori, Midori ^a   Numata, Nakaho ^b   Maruyama, Kinya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Motor control; Prehension; Spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 0030665147     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050241     Document Type: Article

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