Statistical decision theory and trade-offs in the control of motor response

Spatial Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 255-275

  Trommershäuser, Julia ^a   Maloney, Laurence T ^a   Landy, Michael S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgment under risk; Motor planning; Statistical decision theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; DECISION THEORY; HUMAN REACTION TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

MOTOR RESPONSE; MOVEMENT PLANNING; STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RISK;

ADULT; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RISK;

EID: 0037860978     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856803322467527     Document Type: Article

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