Optimality of human movement under natural variations of visual-motor uncertainty

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Gepshtein, Sergei ^a   Seydell, Anna ^b   Trommershäuser, Julia ^b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Anisotropy; Maximal gain; Normative model; Optimality; Payoff; Sensorimotor control; Surface slant; Uncertainty; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; GOALS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34848831567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.5.13     Document Type: Article

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