Entropy conservation in the control of human action

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-190

  Hong, S Lee ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Entropy; Information; Motor control; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBABILITY THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 41849101423     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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