Human arm movements described by a low-dimensional superposition of principal components

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1066-1072

  Sanger, Terence David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergence; Human; Linearity; Motor control; Movement; Principal components; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034143223     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-03-01066.2000     Document Type: Article

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