Effects of sensorimotor transformations with graphical input devices

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-424

  Sutter, C ^a   Musseler J ^a   Bardos, L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

action effect; Fitts' law; gain; sensorimotor transformation; visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ACTION EFFECT; FITTS' LAW; GAIN; SENSORIMOTOR TRANSFORMATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EXPERIMENTS; KNOBS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 78649908357     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449291003660349     Document Type: Article

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