Handbook of Perception and Action: Motor Skills
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsv
- List of Contributorsxiii
- Prefacexv
- Introductionxvii
- Part I: General Concepts1
- Chapter 1. Antecedents of Action3
- 1 Introduction3
- 2 Factors Suggesting Antecedent Representations5
- 3 Plan for the Rest of the Chapter14
- 4 One Degree-of-Freedom Movements15
- 5 Discrete Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Movements31
- 6 Series of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Movements55
- Acknowledgements60
- References60
- Chapter 2. Computational Aspects of Motor Control and Motor Learning71
- 1 Introduction71
- 2 Dynamical Systems72
- 3 Forward and Inverse Models75
- 4 Control78
- 5 Delay88
- 6 Observers92
- 7 Learning Algorithms94
- 8 Motor learning101
- 9 Reference Models115
- 10 Conclusions117
- Acknowledgements118
- References118
- Chapter 3. Coordination121
- 1 General Considerations121
- 2 Voluntary Constraints126
- 3 Structural Constraints130
- 4 Models of Coordination152
- 5 Right–Left Asymmetries168
- 6 Movement and Posture171
- Acknowledgements173
- References173
- Chapter 4. Modeling Variability and Dependence in Timing181
- 1 Introduction181
- 2 Timing Repetitive Movement183
- 3 The Two-Level Timing Model188
- 4 Statistical Issues of Autocovariance Estimation193
- 5 Error Correction in Synchronization199
- 6 Generalized Two-Level Timing Models214
- 7 Timing in Motor Programs221
- 8 Multilevel Timing235
- 9 The Rhythm Program Hypothesis248
- 10 Conclusion258
- Acknowledgements259
- References259
- Chapter 5. Representational Issues in Motor Learning: Phenomena and Theory263
- 1 Introduction263
- 2 Learning Functions264
- 3 Hierarchies and Motor Programs as Learned, Abstract Representations of Movement272
- 4 Attention, Automaticity and Learning283
- 5 Theories of Motor Learning294
- 6 Integrating Theory and Phenomena319
- Acknowledgements322
- References323
- Part II: Particular Skills331
- Chapter 6. Posture and Locomotion333
- 1 Introduction333
- 2 Posture337
- 3 Locomotion363
- 4 Final Comments393
- Acknowledgement394
- References394
- Chapter 7. Reaching and Grasping. Parallel Specification of Visuomotor Channels405
- 1 Introduction405
- 2 Reaching406
- 3 Grasping424
- 4 The Coordination of Reaching and Grasping436
- 5 Development of Reaching and Grasping443
- 6 Neurology of Reaching and Grasping446
- Acknowledgements452
- References453
- Chapter 8. Catching: A Motor Learning and Developmental Perspective461
- 1 Introduction461
- 2 Catching: A Human Performance/Motor Learning Perspective462
- 3 Catching: A Developmental Perspective489
- 4 Conclusions495
- Acknowledgement497
- References497
- Chapter 9. Speaking503
- 1 Introduction503
- 2 'Linear' Phonologies and Related Approaches to Theories of Language and Speech Production505
- 3 Nonlinear Phonologies and Another Look at Speech Production522
- 4 Prosodic Structure in Speech538
- 5 Concluding Remarks551
- Appendix552
- Acknowledgements552
- References552
- Chapter 10. Handwriting Movement Control561
- 1 Introduction561
- 2 Macroscopic Models564
- 3 Microscopic Models580
- 4 Computational Models591
- 5 Conclusion605
- Acknowledgements606
- References606
- Index614
This up-to-date handbook focuses on the study of action, or"motor control,"which examines movement and skill and the internal processes that lead to them. As action is interrelated with cognition, this is a vigorous field of investigation.Written by international experts, Motor Skills provides current reviews on general processes important to motor control--learning, coordination, timing, planning, and control--and on the individual skills of throwing, catching, reaching, and typing.The text describes important conceptual and methodological advances regarding control theory and timing, and is divided into two sections which analyze skill from the perspectives of general processes and individual skills.