Synergies between optical and physical variables in intercepting parabolic targets

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Gómez, José ^a   López Moliner, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGULAR VARIABLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE FALLING; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; OPTICAL VARIABLE; PARABOLIC TARGET; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL SIZE; PHYSICAL VARIABLE; PREDICTION; RETINA; SIMULATION; TIME TO CONTACT; VELOCITY; VISUAL ANGLE;

EID: 84877029389     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00046     Document Type: Article

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