Performance limitations from delay in human and mechanical motor control

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-61

  Beamish, Dan ^a   Bhatti, Shabana ^b   Wu, Jianhong ^b   Jing, Zhujun ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Motor control; Motor performance; Neurodynamics; Psychomotor delay

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DELAY CIRCUITS; MOTORS; MULTITASKING;

DELAY EFFECTS; DELAYED FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK SIGNALLING; FITTS' LAW; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; MECHANICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; MOTOR CONTROLS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; SPRINGER (CO); VECTOR INTEGRATION;

DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46749094567     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-008-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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