Emerging and disappearing synergies in a hierarchically controlled system

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-270

  Gorniak, Stacey L ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral action; Finger; Force production; Hand; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848857318     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1042-9     Document Type: Article

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