Manual assembly learning and performance of left- and right-handers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Hoffmann, Errol ^a   Halliday, Johnny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assembly times; handedness; manual assembly

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ASSEMBLY; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

LEFT HANDEDNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR TASKS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

MANUAL CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031060442     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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