Intentional switches between bimanual coordination patterns are primarily effectuated by the nondominant hand

Motor Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-23

  de Poel, Harjo J ^a,b,c   Peper, C E ^a,b,c   Beek, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric coupling; Coordination dynamics; Handedness; Interlimb interactions; Rhythmic movement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 33644804818     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.10.1.7     Document Type: Article

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