Violations of fitts' law in a ballistic task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-528

  Juras, Grzegorz ^a   Slomka, Kajetan ^a   Latash, Mark ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Jumping; Postural adjustments; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77449101142     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/35-08-015     Document Type: Article

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