Stability of coordination patterns in handwriting: Effects of speed and hand

Motor Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-421

  Sallagoïty, Isabelle ^a   Athènes, Sylvie ^a,b   Zanone, Pier Giorgio ^a   Albaret, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Centre National de la Navigation Aérienne   (France)

Author keywords

Drawing; Dynamic pattern theory; Dynamical systems; Graphonomics; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; AUTOMATISM; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AUTOMATISM; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644366000     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.8.4.405     Document Type: Article

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