Motor Variability but Functional Specificity: The Case of a C4 Tetraplegic Mouth Calligrapher

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-154

  Nonaka, Tetsushi ^a  

^a KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84877256558     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407413.2013.780492     Document Type: Article

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