Risk sensitivity in a motor task with speed-accuracy trade-off

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2668-2674

  Nagengast, Arne J ^a,b   Braun, Daniel A ^a   Wolpert, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Motor control; Risk aversion; Risk seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; RISK SENSITIVITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPEED ACCURACY TRADE OFF; VARIANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959347132     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00804.2010     Document Type: Article

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