127 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts’ Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

The first episode in a series looking at the contributions of
Paul Fitts to our understanding of motor control and motor
learning. What is Fitts’ Law? How can it be used to understand
and predict speed-accuracy tradeoffs (e.g. between throwing hard
and throwing accurately) in sports?


 


Articles:


The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling
the amplitude of movement


Information capacity of discrete motor responses


The Accuracy of Interceptive Action in Time and Space


Throwing speed and accuracy in baseball and cricket players
 

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http://perceptionaction.com/


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