Fitts' law holds for pointing movements under conditions of restricted visual feedback

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 882-892

  Wu, Jinglong ^a   Yang, Jiajia ^a   Honda, Taichi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Motor control; Movement time; Pointing movement; Visual restriction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FITTS LAW; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049272720     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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