Hitting a moving target: Perception and action in the timing of rapid interceptions

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-149

  Tresilian, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 20744445003     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195017     Document Type: Article

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