The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement.

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• Publication year

  1954

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Publication date

  1954-05-30

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1037/H0055392PMID 13174710
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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