Two heads are better than one: Both complementary and synchronous strategies facilitate joint action

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1307-1314

  Masumoto, Junya ^a   Inui, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Force control; Joint action; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; CYCLING; FORCE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874591599     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00776.2012     Document Type: Article

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