Multi-joint limbs permit a flexible response to unpredictable events

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-152

  Robertson, E M ^a   Miall, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double step stimulation; Human; Inverse kinematics; On line control; Pointing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

EID: 0030775521     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050208     Document Type: Article

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