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The contribution of the thumb to reaching movements

Alan M. Wing MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge and Department of Occupational Therapy, Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge
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Carole Fraser MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge and Department of Occupational Therapy, Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge
Pages 297-309 | Received 16 Feb 1982, Published online: 29 May 2007

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MiyaK Rand & GeorgeE Stelmach. (2005) Effect of Orienting the Finger Opposition Space in the Control of Reach-to-Grasp Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior 37:1, pages 65-78.
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Andreas Schiegg, Heiner Deubel & Werner Schneider. (2003) Attentional selection during preparation of prehension movements. Visual Cognition 10:4, pages 409-431.
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LoukiaD. Loukopoulos, SaschaE. Engelbrecht & NeilE. Berthier. (2001) Planning of Reach-and-Grasp Movements: Effects of Validity and Type of Object Information. Journal of Motor Behavior 33:3, pages 255-264.
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Patrick Haggard & Alan Wing. (1997) On the Hand Transport Component of Prehensile Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior 29:3, pages 282-287.
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Bert Steenbergen, RonaldG. Marteniuk & LindaE. Kalbfleisch. (1995) Achieving Coordination in Prehension: Joint Freezing and Postural Contributions. Journal of Motor Behavior 27:4, pages 333-348.
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GeorgeE. Stelmach, Umberto Castiello & Marc Jeannerod. (1994) Orienting the Finger Opposition Space during Prehension Movements. Journal of Motor Behavior 26:2, pages 178-186.
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PatriciaL. Weir, ChristineL. MacKenzie, RonaldG. Marteniuk, SherriL. Cargoe & MardonB. Frazer. (1991) The Effects of Object Weight on the Kinematics of Prehension. Journal of Motor Behavior 23:3, pages 192-204.
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Stephen A. Wallace & Douglas L. Weeks. (1988) Temporal Constraints in the Control of Prehensile Movement. Journal of Motor Behavior 20:2, pages 81-105.
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Allan M. Wing, Ailie Turton & Carole Fraser. (1986) Grasp Size and Accuracy of Approach in Reaching. Journal of Motor Behavior 18:3, pages 245-260.
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