title: The paternity of the power law of human motor control.
abstract: It is pointed out that, contrary to a recent paternity claim, the power law of human motor control was first discovered by this author more than ten years ago. The classical Fitts' law is shown to be a special case of the power law.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Kvålseth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*