A century later: Woodworth's (1899) two-component model of goal-directed aiming

Psychol Bull. 2001 May;127(3):342-57. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.127.3.342.

Abstract

In 1899, R. S. Woodworth published a seminal monograph, "The Accuracy of Voluntary Movement." As well as making a number of important empirical contributions, Woodworth presented a model of speed-accuracy relations in the control of upper limb movements. The model has come to be known as the two-component model because the control of speeded limb movements was hypothesized to entail both a central and a feedback-based component. Woodworth's (1899) ideas about the control of rapid aiming movements are evaluated in the context of current empirical and theoretical contributions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acceleration
  • Attention*
  • Biomechanical Phenomena*
  • Feedback
  • Humans
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Orientation*
  • Psychomotor Performance*