Information entropy and the variability of space-time movement error

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 451-466

  Lai, Shih Chiung ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^b   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information entropy; Movement speed and accuracy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION ENTROPY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SAMPLING ERROR; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751014557     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.6.451-466     Document Type: Article

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