A high-precision, low cost system for evaluating finger-tapping tasks

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1471-1480

  Kiziltan, Erhan ^a,b   Barut, Cagatay ^a   Gelir, Ethem ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Finger tapping; Handedness; Method; Performance; Software

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINGER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845501673     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500514318     Document Type: Article

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