Comparing smooth arm movements with the two-thirds power law and the related segmented-control hypothesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 8201-8211

  Richardson, Magnus J E ^a,b   Flash, Tamar ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Arm; Cost function; Minimum jerk; Motor control; Planning strategies; Segmentation; Two thirds power law

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRAWING; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037107187     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-08201.2002     Document Type: Article

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