A new ball launching system with controlled flight parameters for catching experiments

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-275

  d'Avella, A ^a   Cesqui, B ^a   Portone, A ^a,b   Lacquaniti, F ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuated apparatus; Air drag; Automatic control; Ball flight parameters; Interception; Polynomial fit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FLIGHT; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952532413     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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