Moving the arm at different rates: Slow movements are avoided

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Van Der Wel, Robrecht P R D ^a   Sternad, Dagmar ^b   Rosenbaum, David A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiming; Coordination patterns; Dwell time; Preferred speed movement; Rate control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149191109     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890903267116     Document Type: Article

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