Signal-dependent noise determines motor planning

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6695, 1998, Pages 780-784

  Harris, Christopher M ^a   Wolpert, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

ANIMALS; ARM; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; SACCADES;

EID: 0032552114     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29528     Document Type: Article

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