Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements
The speed-accuracy trade-off in motor tasks is well-known. An error within a movement can increase with the speed of the movement. Fitts’ law formulizes the relationship between speed and accuracy. Several studies have confirmed the validity of Fitts’ law in various types of motor tasks. However, th...
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The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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| description | The speed-accuracy trade-off in motor tasks is well-known. An error within a movement can increase with the speed of the movement. Fitts’ law formulizes the relationship between speed and accuracy. Several studies have confirmed the validity of Fitts’ law in various types of motor tasks. However, the reason why this law can provide a good regression of the movement duration on the speed and accuracy of the movement has not been clarified. In this study, the influence of the dynamic parameters of arms, the magnitude of the signal-dependent noise, and a criterion of movement smoothness on the Fitts’ law was investigated to gain insight into the speed–accuracy trade-off. Computer simulations of a reciprocal arm movement task were examined. Moreover, it was attempted to interpret the speed–accuracy trade-off by mathematically approximating a human arm as a mass–damper system. Consequently, it was revealed that positive viscosity did not affect the motor control based on the Fitts' law, whereas negative viscosity prevented obedience to the law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da4fb24d1c4149b4a0fafde8126d6ed42022-12-22T04:14:07ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612021-10-018790321-0021821-0021810.1299/transjsme.21-00218transjsmeInvestigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movementsTakashi OYAMA0Teruaki ITO1Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Okayama Prefectural UniversityFaculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Okayama Prefectural UniversityThe speed-accuracy trade-off in motor tasks is well-known. An error within a movement can increase with the speed of the movement. Fitts’ law formulizes the relationship between speed and accuracy. Several studies have confirmed the validity of Fitts’ law in various types of motor tasks. However, the reason why this law can provide a good regression of the movement duration on the speed and accuracy of the movement has not been clarified. In this study, the influence of the dynamic parameters of arms, the magnitude of the signal-dependent noise, and a criterion of movement smoothness on the Fitts’ law was investigated to gain insight into the speed–accuracy trade-off. Computer simulations of a reciprocal arm movement task were examined. Moreover, it was attempted to interpret the speed–accuracy trade-off by mathematically approximating a human arm as a mass–damper system. Consequently, it was revealed that positive viscosity did not affect the motor control based on the Fitts' law, whereas negative viscosity prevented obedience to the law.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/87/903/87_21-00218/_pdf/-char/enfitts’ lawmotor controlarm movementmovement accuracyspeed-accuracy trade-offsignal-dependent noise |
| spellingShingle | Takashi OYAMA Teruaki ITO Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu fitts’ law motor control arm movement movement accuracy speed-accuracy trade-off signal-dependent noise |
| title | Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements |
| title_full | Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements |
| title_short | Investigation of the parameters affecting Fitts' law on reciprocal arm movements |
| title_sort | investigation of the parameters affecting fitts apos law on reciprocal arm movements |
| topic | fitts’ law motor control arm movement movement accuracy speed-accuracy trade-off signal-dependent noise |
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