Performance in one-, two- and three-dimensional terminal aiming tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1175-1185

  Hoffmann, Errol R ^a   Drury, Colin G ^b   Romanowski, Carol J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Movement times; Three dimensional targets

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENTS; BIVARIATE; COMPUTING SYSTEM; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DIRECTION OF MOTION; EUCLIDEAN; FITTS' LAW; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LIMITED SPACE; MOVEMENT TIMES; NEW YORK; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; SINGLE ENTRY; TARGET SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855527473     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.614356     Document Type: Article

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