| Description |
ix, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Historical overview and general introduction -- Evolutionary development and anatomy of the hand -- Neurophysiology of hand function -- Tactile sensing -- Active haptic sensing -- Prehension -- Non-prehensile skilled movements -- End-effector constraints -- Hand function across the lifespan -- Applied aspects of hand function -- Summary, conclusions and future directions |
| Summary |
"Human Hand Function is a multidisciplinary book that reviews the sensory and motor aspects of normal hand function from both neurophysiological and behavioral perspectives. Jones and Lederman present hand function as a continuum ranging from activities that are essentially sensory in nature to those that have a strong motor component. They delineate four categories of function along this sensorimotor continuum: tactile sensing, active haptic sensing, prehension, and non-prehensile skilled movements. The authors then use these four categories as a framework for analyzing and synthesizing the results from a broad range of studies that has contributed to our understanding of how the normal human hand functions."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hand -- Physiology.
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Hand -- Anatomy.
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Hand -- Movements.
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Hand -- physiology.
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Hand -- anatomy & histology.
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| Author |
Lederman, Susan J.
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| LC no. |
2005018742 |
| ISBN |
0195173155 |
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