| Description |
vi, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Issues in variability and motor control / Karl M. Newell, Daniel M. Corcos -- Force variability and characteristics of force production / Les G. Carlton, Karl M. Newell -- Variability of brief force impulses / Rolf Ulrich, Alan M. Wing -- Predicting motor performance from variability measures / Charles J. Worringham -- Directional effects on variability of upper limb movements / Warren G. Darling, M. Stephenson -- Necessary and sufficient conditions for the production of linear speed-accuracy trade-offs in aimed hand movements / Howard N. Zelaznik -- Speed-accuracy trade-off in human movements : an optimal control viewpoint / Gyan C. Agarwal [and others] -- Variability of fast single-joint movements and the equilibrium-point hypothesis / Mark L. Latash, Simon R. Gutman -- How spinal neural networks reduce discrepancies between motor intention and motor realization / Daniel Bullock, Jose L. Contreras-Vidal -- In search of a unified theory of biological organization : what does the motor system of a sea slug tell us about human motor integration? / George J. Mpitsos, Seppo Soinila -- Fluctuations, intermittency, and controllable chaos in biological coordination / J.A.S. Kelso, M. Ding -- Information in movement variability about the qualitative dynamics of posture and orientation / Gary E. Riccio -- Stability of symmetric and asymmetric discrete bimanual actions / Charles B. Walter, Stephan P. Swinnen, Elizabeth A. Franz -- Fluctuations in interlimb rhythmic coordination / Michael T. Turvey, Richard C. Schmidt, Peter J. Beek -- Slicing the variability pie : component analysis of coordination and motor dysfunction / Richard Ivry, Daniel M. Corcos -- Movement variability in limb gesturing : implications for understanding apraxia / Eric A. Roy, Liana Brown, Michael Hardie -- Stereotypy and variability / Karl M. Newell, Richard E.A. van Emmerik, Robert L. Sprague |
| Summary |
"Variability and Motor Control is a comprehensive examination of research and theoretical perspectives on movement variability and motor control. The text reviews traditional perspectives - which view movement variability as noise or error - and moves on to consider dynamical systems approaches to movement control, which view variability as an index of movement fluctuations." "Written by leading experts in motor control, this text provides valuable information on the importance of variability in the theoretical inquiry into motor control, skill acquisition, and motor impairment; the use of estimated variability as a movement parameter in empirical studies of motor control; and current developments of new dynamical systems approaches to variability and motor control." "Variability and Motor Control is a valuable reference for students and scholars of motor control and learning as well as experimental psychologists, ergonomists, and industrial and human-factors specialists."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Humans Central nervous system |
| Notes |
"This book is the product of a conference on variability and motor control held in Chicago, April 19-21, 1991" -- Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human mechanics -- Congresses.
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Human mechanics.
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Motor learning -- Congresses.
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Motor learning.
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Biomechanical Phenomena.
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Learning.
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Motor Skills.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Corcos, Daniel M., 1954-
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Newell, Karl M., 1945-
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Conference on Variability and Motor Control (1991 : Chicago, Ill.)
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| LC no. |
92033077 |
| ISBN |
0873224248 |
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