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Fitts task TASK
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any task requiring a rapid, aimed movement to acquire a target, the time of which is measured and, according to Fitts' law, is generally inversely proportionate to distance required and target size

Alias(es)

Fitts' task, Fitts tapping task

Definition contributed by Anonymous
Fitts task has been asserted to measure the following CONCEPTS


Phenotypes associated with Fitts task

Disorders

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Traits

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Behaviors

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CONDITIONS

Experimental conditions are the subsets of an experiment that define the relevant experimental manipulation.

CONTRASTS

You must specify conditions before you can define contrasts.

target visibility(edit)
target shape(edit)
peak velocity(edit)
movement amplitude(edit)
target size(edit)

In the Cognitive Atlas, we define a contrast as any function over experimental conditions. The simplest contrast is the indicator value for a specific condition; more complex contrasts include linear or nonlinear functions of the indicator across different experimental conditions.

INDICATORS
response time

An indicator is a specific quantitative or qualitative variable that is recorded for analysis. These may include behavioral variables (such as response time, accuracy, or other measures of performance) or physiological variables (including genetics, psychophysiology, or brain imaging data).

Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

Informational constraints in human precision aiming.
Bootsma RJ, Boulard M, Fernandez L, Mottet D
(Neurosci Lett)
2002 Nov 22
A study of Fitts' law on goal-directed aiming task with moving targets.
Chiu TT, Lin CL, Young KY, Lin CT, Hsu SH, Yang BS, Huang ZR
(Percept Mot Skills)
2011 Aug
Fitts' reciprocal tapping task, a measure of motor capacity?
Salmoni AW, McIlwain JS
(Percept Mot Skills)
1979 Oct