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Human Motor Control.
This book is a comprehensive, elementary introduction to the field of motor control, stressing psychological, physiological, and computational approaches. Human Motor Control cuts across all disciplines which are defined with respect to movement: physical education, dance, physical therapy, robotics...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: PRELIMINARIES; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Publisher Summary; PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION; THE DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM PROBLEM; THE SERIAL-ORDER PROBLEM; THE PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR INTEGRATION PROBLEM; THE SKILL-ACQUISITION PROBLEM; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; MUSCLE; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL REFLEXES; CEREBELLUM; BASAL GANGLIA; MOTOR CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX.
- CONCLUDING REMARKSSUMMARY; Chapter 3: PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THEORIES OF SERIAL ORDER; SKILL ACQUISITION; STORAGE, ACCESS, AND CODES; SUMMARY; PART II: THE ACTIVITY SYSTEMS; Chapter 4: WALKING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; DESCRIPTIONS OF WALKING; NEURAL CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION; WALKING MACHINES; THE DEVELOPMENT OF WALKING; NAVIGATING; MEMORY; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: LOOKING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; BLINKING; ACCOMMODATION; PUPIL CONSTRICTION AND DILATION; GENERAL FEATURES OF EYE MOVEMENTS; MINIATURE EYE MOVEMENTS; SACCADES; SMOOTH PURSUIT MOVEMENTS.
- OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUSTHE VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX; VERGENCE MOVEMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS AND SPACE CONSTANCY; DEVELOPMENT AND PLASTICITY OF OCULOMOTOR CONTROL; SUMMARY; Chapter 6: REACHING AND GRASPING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THE DEVELOPMENT OF REACHING AND GRASPING; VISUAL GUIDANCE; AIMING; INTERSEGMENTAL COORDINATION; SUMMARY; Chapter 7: DRAWING AND WRITING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; DRAWING; WRITING; WRITING AND HANDEDNESS; SUMMARY; Chapter 8: KEYBOARDING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCES OF FINGER PRESSES; TYPEWRITING; PIANO PLAYING; SUMMARY.
- Chapter 9: SPEAKING AND SINGINGPublisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THE VOCAL TRACT AND ARTICULATORY DYNAMICS; VARIABILITY AND THE MOTOR THEORY OF SPEECH PERCEPTION; RELATIVE POSITIONS AND ACOUSTIC TARGETS; A PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR COARTICULATION; HIGH-LEVEL CONTROL OF SPEECH; BRAIN MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SPEECH; BIRD SONG; SUMMARY; Chapter 10: SMILING; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE FACE; NEURAL CONTROL OF THE FACE; ORIGINS OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUMMARY; PART III: PRINCIPLES AND PROSPECTS; Chapter 11: CONCLUSIONS.
- Publisher SummaryINTRODUCTION; EYE-HAND COORDINATION; HITTING APPROACHING BALLS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; NEW APPROACHES; SYNERGETICS; THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; NETWORK MODELING; GENERAL PRINCIPLES; PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE; SUMMARY; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.