If there is an abnormal interceptive contact the transducer is jolted more than once in a single closure of the jaws and a double sound is produced (Fig. 29.4).
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Interceptive
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Even if fast interceptive actions are continuously influenced by visual information, then surely slower interceptive actions like catching are.
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Interceptive actions are common in everyday life and are instrumental in helping humans to adapt to their complex and uncertain environments. The range of interceptive actions includes both fine and gross motor responses, performed under a variety of conditions in static and dynamic environments, embracing discrete and continuous tasks. They include mundane taks like picking up a cup, placing a foot on a kerb when crossing the road, sitting down gently on a chair, or shaking hands with a friend.
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Usually when an interceptive monitor is chosen over a non-interceptive monitor it is because the signal levels are too low to be practical for the non-interceptive monitors.
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