Effect of sex and joystick experience on pursuit tracking in adults

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Joseph, Jane E ^a,b   Willingham, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptual motor learning; Rotary pursuit; Sex differences; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0034122962     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601359     Document Type: Article

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