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To hit a moving object, you must reach some position at the same time as the object. The position at which you will hit the object depends on the object’s speed and direction of motion, as well as on the timing of your own movement. We investigated the information used to extrapolate the position of a moving object during both the planning and the execution of fast (ballistic) arm movements.
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Smeets, J.B.J., Brenner, E. (1995). The Visual Guidance of Ballistic Arm Movements. In: Mergner, T., Hlavačka, F. (eds) Multisensory Control of Posture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1931-7_23
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