Noise, information transmission, and force variability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 837-851

  Slifkin, Andrew B ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033143429     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.3.837     Document Type: Article

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