Axial pen force increases with processing demands in handwriting

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-159

  Van Den Heuvel, C Elisa ^a   Van Galen, Gerard P ^b   Teulings, Hans Leo ^c   Van Gemmert, Arend W A ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial pen pressure; Handwriting; Motor processes; Signal to noise ratios; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER JOINT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST;

BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; FINGER JOINT; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORIENTATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032197251     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(98)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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