Constraints on the spatiotemporal accuracy of interceptive action: Effects of target size on hitting a moving target

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-526

  Tresilian, J R ^a   Plooy, A ^a   Carroll, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aimed movement; Human; Interception; Motor control; Movement accuracy; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 2442668915     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1793-x     Document Type: Article

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