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Distance versus position information in the control of aiming movements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

P. C. W. van Wieringen  and
P. J. Beek
P. C. W. van Wieringen
Affiliation:
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The [email protected][email protected]
P. J. Beek
Affiliation:
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The [email protected][email protected]
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Abstract

Information about positions, from which differences in position are computed (as proposed in the vector-integration- to-endpoint model), provides a more plausible perceptual basis for the control of goal-directed arm movements than information about distance (as proposed in the kinematic model).

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 323 - 324
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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