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The one-target advantage in the control of rapid aiming movements: The effect of practice

Abstract

The one-target advantage is the phenomenon that a rapid aimed hand movement is executed faster when it is performed as a single, isolated movement than when it is followed by a second movement. The goal of this experiment was to investigate the robustness of the one-target advantage as a function of practice. We asked twelve participants to perform 40 trials in each of 3 movement conditions (1-tap, 2-tap:extension and 2-tap:reversal) on 10 …

Authors

Adam JJ; Helsen WF; Elliott D; Buekers MJ

Journal

Journal of Human Movement Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 301–313

Publication Date

December 1, 2001

ISSN

0306-7297