Reaching for the unknown: Multiple target encoding and real-time decision-making in a rapid reach task

Cognition

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-176

  Chapman, Craig S ^a   Gallivan, Jason P ^a   Wood, Daniel K ^a   Milne, Jennifer L ^a   Culham, Jody C ^a   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Movement planning; Multiple target encoding; Parallel competition; Reaching; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACHING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY; ARM; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ARM; CUES; DECISION MAKING; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954314340     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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