The 2/3 power law: When and why?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-96

  Plamondon, Réjean ^a   Guerfali, Wacef ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 3 Power law; Delta lognormal law; Handwriting; Motor perception interaction; Movement trajectory; Vectorial delta lognormal model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032198744     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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