Temporal precision in tapping and circle drawing movements at preferred rates is not correlated: Further evidence against timing as a general-purpose ability

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-199

  Zelaznik, Howard N ^a   Spencer, Rebecca M ^a   Doffin, Julie G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Motor control; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY);

EID: 0034041145     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601370     Document Type: Article

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