The effects of attention and handedness on coordination dynamics in a bimanual Fitts' law task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 484-499

  Amazeen, Eric L ^a   Ringenbach, Shannon D ^a   Amazeen, Polemnia G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Bimanual coordination; Dynamics; Fitts' law; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 23044454258     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2269-y     Document Type: Article

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