Comparison between macaques' and humans' kinematics of prehension: The role of morphological differences and control mechanisms

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 169-184

  Christel, Marianne I ^a   Billard, Aude ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaques and humans; Morphological constraints; Natural prehension; Reach to grasp kinematics; Shoulder and arm displacements; Species differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037061549     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00372-2     Document Type: Article

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