Rapid motor responses are appropriately tuned to the metrics of a visuospatial task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-238

  Pruszynski, J Andrew ^a   Kurtzer, Isaac ^a   Scott, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; INNERVATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; ROC CURVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; ROC CURVE; SPACE PERCEPTION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 55249127512     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90262.2008     Document Type: Article

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