The breakdown of Fitts' law in rapid, reciprocal aiming movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 222-230

  Smits Engelsman, B ^a,b   Van Galen, G ^a,b   Duysens, J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SMK Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aiming movement; Cyclic movements; Fitts' law; Graphic task; Human; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

EID: 0036302034     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1115-8     Document Type: Article

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