Do Curved Reaching Movements Emerge From Competing Perceptions? A Reply to van der Wel et al. (2009)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 251-254

  Spivey, Michael J ^a   Dale, Rick ^b   Knoblich, Guenther ^c   Grosjean, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

discrete versus continuous; motor control; movement trajectories; phonological processing; psycholinguistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76049117039     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017170     Document Type: Article

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