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Tutorials in motor behavior /

The contributors to this book are all distinguished, internationally-known specialists working in the motor control and learning area. The result is a unique collection of papers that discuss many aspects of this intricate and diverse subject and at the same time manage to provide the reader with a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stelmach, George E., Requin, Jean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York : North-Holland Pub. Co. ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 1980.
Colección:Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 1.
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  • Front Cover; Tutorials in Motor Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; PART I: ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS: THEORY AND DATA; Chapter 1. On the Concept of Coordinative Structures as Dissipative Structures: I. Theoretical Line; I. Introduction; II. Bernstein's Problem; III. The Primacy of Dynamics; IV. Constraints Rather Than Instructions; V. Equations of Constraint; VI. Open Systems and Scaling Effects; VII. Essential and Nonessential Variables; VIII. The Content of the Order Grain; IX. Dissipative Structures and Cyclicity; X. Coordinative Structures as Dissipative Structures
  • XI. Linearity and NonlinearityXII. Essential and Nonessential Variables Revisited; XIII. The Behavior of a Force-Driven Harmonic Oscillator; XIV. Information as Form; XV. A Geometrodynamic Perspective on Muscular Forces; XVI. A Geometrodynamic Perspective on Discrete Movement; XVII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. On the Concept of Coordinative Structures as Dissipative Structures: II. Empirical Lines of Convergency; I. Introduction; II. The Production of Single Trajectory Movements; III. The Immediate Adjustment Phenomenon in Speech Production
  • IV. Information as Intrinsic to the Model ContractV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Interacting Schemas for Motor Control; I. The General Framework; II. Visuomotor Coordination in Frog and Toad; References; Chapter 4. Cerebellar Strategies for Movement Coordination; I. Introduction; II. Basic Mechanisms of Gaze-Stabilizing Oculomotor Reflexes; III. Cerebellar Regulation of the VOR and OKR; IV. Adjustment of VOR/OKR Dynamics by the Flocculus and its Afferents; V.A Suggestion for Locomotor Coordination by the Cat's Cerebellum; References
  • Chapter 5. Programming of Stereotyped Limb Movements by Spinal GeneratorsI. What is the Motor Capacity of the Chronic Spinal Cat?; II. What NeuronaL Machinery is Required for Patterned Generation?; III. What is the Nature of the Spinal Generators?; References; Chapter 6. Parietal Association Cortex of the Monkey as Revealed by Cellular Recordings; I. Introduction; II. Differences in the Research Methods; III. Results Common to the Different Laboratories; IV. Differences in Results Obtained in Different Laboratories; V. Methodological Differences as a Source of Differences in the Results
  • VI. Differences in the Conceptualization as a Source of Difference in the ResultsVII. Role of Movement-Related Neurons; VIII. Differences in Results Due to Differences in Regions Recorded Within Area 7; IX. Intra-Areal Differentiation in Posterior Parietal Association Cortex; X. General Properties of Effective Stimuli Within One Area; XI. Discussion; References; PART II: CONTROL OF SEGMENTAL MOVEMENT; Chapter 7. Central and Peripheral Mechanisms in Motor Control; I. Introduction; II. The Role of Proprioception in Head Movement Control; III. The Role of Proprioception in Aim Movement Control