A Psychological Approach to Human Voluntary Movements

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-370

  Mechsner, Franz ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Grouping principles; Motor commands; Symmetry tendency; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COORDINATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SKILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 7744238398     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2004.11007993     Document Type: Article

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