Lags in measuring eye-hand coordination

Liam J B Hill; Peter R Culmer; Mark Mon-Williams

doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.05.016

Lags in measuring eye-hand coordination

J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Jul 30:232:150-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.05.016. Epub 2014 May 22.

Authors

Liam J B Hill¹, Peter R Culmer², Mark Mon-Williams³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Electronic address: l.j.hill@leeds.ac.uk.
² School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.
³ Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

PMID: 24858796
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.05.016

Abstract

We challenge a number of the claims for novelty and innovation made in a recent published paper (Lee et al., 2014) with regard to a computerised methodology that these authors present for assessing eye-hand coordination (EHC). Published work on similar pre-existing computerised systems is discussed and arguments made for these alternative systems being equal, if not superior, in terms of their innovativeness. The commentary does not dispute the usefulness of systems such as the one described by Lee et al. Rather, in the interests of scholarship it provides an accompanying insight into the significant scholarly contributions previously, and contemporaneously, being made by other research groups working in this area.

Keywords: Computer-based; Development; Eye–hand coordination; Objective.

MeSH terms

Child
Child Development / physiology*
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
Eye*
Hand / physiology*
Humans
Psychomotor Performance / physiology*