Fitts' Law and human control of an electromyographic signal from the biceps brachii muscle group

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Harrison, Kimberly L., S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
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David W. Schloreb.
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Abstract
Six human subjects performed a modified Fitts' test by moving an electromyographic signal between two targets on a computer screen. For five out of six subjects, the results were consistent with Fitts' Law with correlation coefficients ranging between 29% and 72%. The low correlation of the sixth subject (0.6%) may have been due to electrode misplacement and the adoption of a "strategy" in how she performed the task.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-29).
 
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2007
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40436
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Mechanical Engineering.
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