Misperceiving the speed-accuracy tradeoff: Imagined movements and perceptual decisions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-132

  Young, Scott J ^a,b   Pratt, Jay ^c   Chau, Tom ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Choice behaviour; Humans; Imagination; Motor skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849129221     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1563-x     Document Type: Article

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