Fitts' law: MT = a + b · log₂(2A/W); ID = log₂(2A/W); Fitts' 1954 information-theoretic aiming

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Fitts' law — the canonical information-theoretic aiming framework in motor cognitive neuroscience (Fitts 1954; Shannon-channel-capacity analogy). Physical setup: a subject is required to move from a starting position to a target of width…

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Fitts: MT = a + b·log₂(2A/W); ID(A=8,W=1)=4; doubling A or halving W → +1 bit ID

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