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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast
Episode: The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts' Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff
Description: 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? Â 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