Motor Training Decreases Finger Tremor and Movement Response Time in a Visuomotor Tracking Task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-65

  Dartnall, Tamara J ^a   Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^b   Miles, Timothy S ^a   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning; Pulsatile control; Reaction time; Skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREMOR; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TREMOR;

EID: 59249085028     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2009.10125924     Document Type: Article

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