Visual and tactile action effects determine bimanual coordination performance

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-449

  Janczyk, Markus ^a   Skirde, Stefanie ^a   Weigelt, Matthias ^b   Kunde, Wilfried ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intention; Motor coordination; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650417924     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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