Learning a pointing task with a kinematically redundant limb: Emerging synergies and patterns of final position variability

Human Movement Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 819-838

  Jaric, Slobodan ^a   Latash, Mark L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Human; Reaching movements; Synergy; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472570     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(99)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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