The Relation between Geometry and Time in Mental Actions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a,b   Paizis, Christos ^a   White, Olivier ^a,b   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,b,c,e   Stucchi, Natale ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Université de Bourgogne   (France)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ARM; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870659361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051191     Document Type: Article

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