Pointing beyond reach: The slope of Fitts's law increases with the introduction of new effectors independently of kinetic constraints

Motor Control

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-54

  Bonnetblanc, François ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Fitts's law; Kinetics; MT ID slope; Pointing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 41649093595     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.12.1.38     Document Type: Article

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