title: Movement time planning in human movement with via-points.
abstract: In previous research, even though various models that reproduce movement trajectory have already been proposed, a movement time planning criterion has never been proposed. However, a possible computational model that can estimate via-point time in complex trajectories has been proposed that suggests that the via-point time average of the integration of the square of the smoothness of the motor commands between each via-point is equal. In this report, we measured three kinds of via-point reaching movements and then performed statistical tests to investigate the computational theory. Results suggest that their computational theory is valid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka-Shi, Japan. hsaitou@stn.nagaokaut.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsubone
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors