Effect of practice on force control and timing in bimanual finger tapping

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 079-091

  Inui, Nobuyuki ^b   Hatta, H ^a  

^a Miyahama Junior High School   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bimanual finger tapping; Force control; Practice effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FINGER TAPPING; FORCE; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0037225407     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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