Fitts' law in the discrete vs. cyclical paradigm

Human Movement Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-131

  Guiard, Yves ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete vs. continuous modeling; Effort; Fitts' law; Harmonic movement; Human arm movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067811     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(96)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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