Learning multi-finger synergies: An uncontrolled manifold analysis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-350

  Kang, Ning ^a   Shinohara, Minoru ^a,b   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects of practice; Finger; Force production; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3843119871     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1850-0     Document Type: Article

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