Pointing errors reflect biases in the perception of the initial hand position

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3290-3294

  Vindras, Philippe ^a   Desmurget, Michel ^b   Prablanc, Claude ^c   Viviani, Paolo ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERROR; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0031845384     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.3290     Document Type: Article

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