Target width scaling in a repetitive aiming task: Switching between cyclical and discrete units of action

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 710-725

  Buchanan, John J ^a   Park, Jin Hoon ^b   Shea, Charles H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical boundary; Fitts' law; Fixed point; Limit cycle; Loss of stability; Planning and feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEARNING; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750803002     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0589-1     Document Type: Article

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