Geometries and Dynamics of a Rod Determine How It Is Used for Reaching

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-22

  Bongers, Raoul M ^a,b   Smitsman, Ad W ^a   Michaels, Claire F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affordance; Dynamics; Postural control; Reaching; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037373757     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890309602117     Document Type: Article

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