Kinematic Analysis of Manual Tracking in Monkeys: Characterization of Movement Intermittencies during a Circular Tracking Task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 901-911

  Roitman, A V ^a   Massaquoi, S G ^b,c   Takahashi, K ^b   Ebner, T J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842349517     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00261.2003     Document Type: Article

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