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Gain effects on performance using a head-controlled computer input device

MEI LI LIN Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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ROBERT G. RADWIN Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USAView further author information
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GREGG C. VANDERHEIDEN Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
Pages 159-175 | Received 11 Sep 1990, Accepted 31 May 1991, Published online: 31 May 2007

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