Visual information gain and task asymmetry interact in bimanual force coordination and control

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Hu, Xiaogang ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual coupling; Constraints; Constraints interaction; Isometric force; Visual gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960932284     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2760-6     Document Type: Article

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