Information entropy analysis of discrete aiming movements

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-304

  Lai, Shih Chiung ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^a   Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete aiming movements; Fitts' law; Information entropy; Mutual information; Normal distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 20444447097     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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