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Are speed/accuracy trade-offs caused by neuromotor noise, or not?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Willem P. De Jong  and
Gerard P. Van Galen
Willem P. De Jong
Affiliation:
Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI), 6500 HE Nijmegen, The [email protected]@nici.kun.nl
Gerard P. Van Galen
Affiliation:
Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI), 6500 HE Nijmegen, The [email protected]@nici.kun.nl
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Abstract

Notwithstanding its overwhelming descriptive power for existing data, it is not clear whether the kinematic theory of Plamondon & Alimi could generate new insights into biomechanical constraints and psychological processes underlying the way organisms trade off speed for accuracy. The kinematic model should elaborate on the role of neuromotor noise and on biomechanical strategies for reducing endpoint variability related to such noise.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 306 - 307
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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