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Effects of Average Movement Velocity on Reaction Time and Spatiotemporal Accuracy in Single-Aiming and Rapid-Timing Movement Tasks

Will A. C. SpijkersInstitute for Psychology University of Technology, AachenFederal Republic of Germany
Pages 207-224 | Received 01 Jun 1988, Published online: 13 Aug 2013

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