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From pantomime to actual use: How affordances can facilitate actual tool-use by Randerath, Jennifer, Goldenberg, Georg, Spijkers, Will, Li, Yong, Hermsdörfer, Joachim

“…► Patient-study. Pantomiming tool use most impaired. ► Two underlying factors: 1. semantic working memory. 2. processing of spatial relationships. The main…”
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Development of neuropsychological functions of attention in two cultures: A cross-cultural study of attentional performances of Syrian and German children of pre-school and school age by Sobeh, Jamal, Spijkers, Will

“…We tested the development of attentional functions within Syrian and German children of pre-school and school age (n = 562, 5-12 years), using the Test of…”
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Management of attentional resources in within-modal and cross-modal divided attention tasks: An fMRI study by Vohn, Rene, Fimm, Bruno, Weber, Jochen, Schnitker, Ralph, Thron, Armin, Spijkers, Will, Willmes, Klaus, Sturm, Walter

“…In the present study, we were interested in distinguishing the cortical representations of within‐modal and cross‐modal divided attention tasks by using…”
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Bimanual coupling during the specification of isometric forces by STEGLICH, C, HEUER, H, SPIJKERS, W, KLEINSORGE, T

“…The present study investigated the generalizability of the hypothesis of transient coupling during the preparation of bimanual movements (Spijkers and Heuer…”
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Development of attention functions in 5- to 11-year-old Arab children as measured by the German Test Battery of Attention Performance (KITAP): A pilot study from Syria by Sobeh, Jamal, Spijkers, Will

“…We administered the German Test-battery of Attention Performance (KITAP) to Arab children living in Syria (N = 143, 5-11 years) in order to assess the…”
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Differential Effects of Lowered Arousal on Covert and Overt Shifts of Attention by Fimm, Bruno, Willmes, Klaus, Spijkers, Will

“…Based on previous studies demonstrating detrimental effects of reduced alertness on attentional orienting our study seeks to examine covert and overt…”
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Different left brain regions are essential for grasping a tool compared with its subsequent use by Randerath, Jennifer, Goldenberg, Georg, Spijkers, Will, Li, Yong, Hermsdörfer, Joachim

“…Tool use engages a left hemispheric network including frontal, temporal and parietal regions. Patients with left brain lesions (LBD patients) exhibit deficits…”
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Effects of Sleep Loss, Time of Day, and Extended Mental Work on Implicit and Explicit Learning of Sequences by Heuer, Herbert, Spijkers, Will, Kiesswetter, Ernst, Schmidtke, Volker

“…Tacit knowledge is part of many professional skills and can be studied experimentally with implicit-learning paradigms. The authors explored the effects of 2…”
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Time-of-day variation of visuo-spatial attention by Fimm, Bruno, Brand, Tanja, Spijkers, Will

“…Time‐of‐day variation of visuo‐spatial attention in relation to body temperature and subjective arousal was assessed. At five different times of day,…”
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The relation between response-specificity, S-R compatibility, foreperiod duration and muscle-tension in a target aiming task by Spijkers, W A

“…Three experiments are reported aiming at a further understanding of the effect of response-specificity, operationalized as the degree of commonality of…”
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Movement planning in prehension: do intended actions influence the initial reach and grasp movement? by Armbrüster, Claudia, Spijkers, Will

“…In three experiments the influence of different consecutive movements on an initial reaching and prehension movement was examined. These so-called after-grasp…”
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Effect of Personality Factors on Performance in Rehabilitation Assessment and Vocational Reintegrationprognosis by Arling, Victoria, Spijkers, Will

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Assessment, training and quality: Evaluation of some vocational rehabilitation programmes by Spijkers, Will, Arling, Viktoria

“…Aim of this contribution is to illustrate some topics of recent research in the vocational rehabilitation domain. First, three evaluation studies of new…”
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Spatial compatibility of signal-response position in pointing by Spijkers, Will A. C., Wallmeyer, Petra, Adam, Jos J., Paas, Fred G. W. C., Buekers, Martinus J., Wuyts, Irina J.

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Specification of direction and duration during programming of discrete sliding movements by SPIJKERS, W. A. C, STEYVERS, F. J. J. M

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Specification of movement amplitudes for the left and right hands: evidence for transient parametric coupling from overlapping-task performance by Spijkers, W, Heuer, H, Steglich, C, Kleinsorge, T

“…Bimanual coordination tasks suggest transient cross-talk between concurrent specification processes for movements of the left and right hand that vanishes as…”
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Static and Phasic Cross-Talk Effects in Discrete Bimanual Reversal Movements by Heuer, Herbert, Kleinsorge, Thomas, Spijkers, Will, Steglich, Christoph

“…The authors examined the hypothesis that the phasic and the static cross-talk effects found in bimanual movements with different target amplitudes originate at…”
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The time course of cross-talk during the simultaneous specification of bimanual movement amplitudes by HEUER, H, SPIJKERS, W, KLEINSORGE, T, VAN DER LOO, H, STEGLICH, C

“…We investigated the time course of the amplitude specification of rapid bimanual reversal movements (lateral displacements on two digitizers). To this end we…”
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Preparation of bimanual movements with same and different amplitudes: specification interference as revealed by reaction time by Spijkers, Will, Heuer, Herbert, Kleinsorge, Thomas, van der Loo, Hanno

“…Two experiments are reported that tested the hypothesis of transient coupling during during programming of different movements of the hands in a bimanual…”
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Parametric coupling and generalized decoupling revealed by concurrent and successive isometric contractions of distal muscles by Heuer, Herbert, Spijkers, Will, Steglich, Christoph, Kleinsorge, Thomas

“…In two experiments we examined the hypothesis of transient parametric coupling during the specification of peak forces of isometric contractions produced by…”
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