Consider the following two prehension situations: a person reaches to pick up a cup to: (a)drink from it; (b)move it to a different location on the table.The kinematic characteristics of the transport phase for these two situations would:
A) Be similar
B) Be different
C) Depend on the color of the cup
D) Not be predictable

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The kinematic characteristics of the transport phase would be different for these two situations. When reaching to drink from the cup, the transport phase would likely have a smooth trajectory with a constant speed, while when moving the cup to a different location on the table, the transport phase may have a less smooth trajectory with more rapid changes in speed due to adjustments for spatial accuracy.

Consider the Following Two Prehension Situations: a Person Reaches to Pick