The role of effort in determining preferred movement speed.
Published in In Prep, 2021
Recommended citation: Bruening, Garrick; Ahmed, Alaa. (2021). "Effects of mass on metabolic cost of arm reaching." IN PREP. https://gbruening.github.io/presentations/RMASB2019
We compared the metabolic cost of arm reaching to preferred arm reaching durations. The minimum metabolic cost does not agree with the preferred duration. A utility model that sums the reward minus effort, both discounted by time, is able to well predict the preferred movement duration.