The effect of distance on reaction time in aiming movements

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-257

  Munro, Heather ^a   Plumb, Mandy S ^a   Wilson, Andrew D ^a   Williams, Justin H G ^a   Mon Williams, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aiming; Fitts' law; Movement; Preparation; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34848838885     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1040-y     Document Type: Article

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