Discrete and cyclical units of action in a mixed target pair aiming task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-489

  Buchanan, John J ^a   Park, Jin H ^a   Ryu, Young U ^a   Shea, Charles H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy constraints; Dynamical systems; Fitts' law; Harmonicity; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0037713622     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1471-z     Document Type: Article

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