When two limbs are weaker than one: Sensorimotor syncopation with alternating hands

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1085-1101

  Keller, Peter E ^a,b   Repp, Bruno H ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; SENSATION;

EID: 4344706258     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000693     Document Type: Article

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