A formal and data-based comparison of measures of motor-equivalent covariation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Verrel, Julius ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordination; Covariation; Motor equivalence; Simulation; Uncontrolled manifold

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCONTROLLED MANIFOLD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 80051596266     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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