Human motor transfer is determined by the scaling of size and accuracy of movement

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Kwon, Oh Sang ^a   Zelaznik, Howard N ^a   Chiu, George ^b   Pizlo, Zygmunt ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitts's law; generalized motor program; transfer of motor learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78651264760     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2010.520359     Document Type: Article

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