Transfer of calibration between hand and foot: Functional equivalence and fractal fluctuations

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1302-1328

  Stephen, Damian G ^a,b   Hajnal, Alen ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dynamic touch; Feedback; Foot; Hand; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HAND; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK; FOOT; FRACTALS; HAND; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MOTOR SKILLS; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79959246447     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0142-6     Document Type: Article

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