Variability, covariation, and invariance with respect to coordinate systems in motor control: Reply to Smeets and Louw (2007)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 250-255

  Müller, Hermann ^a   Frank, Till D ^b   Sternad, Dagmar ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Coordinate system; Covariation; Goal oriented tasks; Learning; Motor control; Practice; Skill improvement; Variability decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33847179515     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.1.250     Document Type: Article

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