Can People Tap Concurrent Bimanual Rhythms Independently?

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-322

  Klapp, Stuart T ^a   Nelson, Janek M ^a   Jagacinski, Richard J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Concurrent response; Integrated response; Polyrhythm; Rhythm; Transfer of training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RHYTHM; TRAINING;

EID: 0031672694     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899809601346     Document Type: Article

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