Circadian rhythms in handwriting kinematics and legibility

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 818-829

  Jasper, Isabelle ^a   Gordijn, Marijke ^b   Häußler, Andreas ^a   Hermsdörfer, Joachim ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2330; 2540; Circadian rhythm; Handwriting; Kinematic analysis; Legibility; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GERMANY; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PINEAL BODY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING; WRITING FLUENCY; WRITING SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959897455     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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