Optimality of position commands to horizontal eye muscles: A test of the minimum-norm rule

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 735-757

  Dean, Paul ^a   Porrill, John ^a   Warren, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033059889     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.735     Document Type: Article

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