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Title

Motor control and sensory motor integration : issues and directions / edited by Denis J. Glencross and Jan P. Piek.

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Glencross, Denis J.
• Piek, Jan P.
• Motor Control & Human Skill Research Workshop (2nd : 1993 : Mandurah, W.A.)

Description

xv, 445 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in psychology ; 111

Uniform Title

Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 111.

Subject

• Sensorimotor integration

Note

• "Evolved from the Second Biennial Motor Control & Human Skill Research Workshop which was held in Mandurah, Western Australia, in December of 1993"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Motor Control and Sensory-Motor Integration / Denis J. Glencross -- Ch. 2. Modeling the Cerebellum: From Adaptation to Coordination / Michael A. Arbib, Nicolas Schweighofer and W. T. Thach -- Ch. 3. Interaction of the Basal Ganglia and Supplementary Motor Area in the Elaboration of Movement / R. Iansek, J. L. Bradshaw, J. G. Phillips, R. Cunnington and M. E. Morris -- Ch. 4. Motor Control Considerations for the Rehabilitation of Gait in Parkinson's Disease / M. E. Morris, R. Iansek, J. J. Summers and T. A. Matyas -- Ch. 5. Adaptive Optimal Control of Human Tracking / Peter D. Neilson, Megan D. Neilson and Nicholas J. O'Dwyer -- Ch. 6. Testing Dynamical and Cognitive Models of Rhythmic Pattern Production / Jeff Pressing -- Ch. 7. Temporal Coordination of Human Gait / Bruce Abernethy, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Craig Engstrom, Alastair Hanna and Robert J. Neal -- Ch. 8. The Contribution of Spontaneous Movements in the Acquisition of Motor Coordination in Infants / Jan P. Piek --
• Ch. 9. Going Around in Circles: The Dynamics of Bimanual Circling / Jeffery J. Summers, Andras Semjen, Richard G. Carson and Julie Thomas -- Ch. 10. Asymmetries in the Dynamics of Interlimb Coordination / R. G. Carson, D. Goodman, D. Elliott and J. A. S. Kelso -- Ch. 11. Learning a Dynamic Limb Synergy / Nicholas O'Dwyer and Peter Neilson -- Ch. 12. Adaptation of Arm Movements to Altered Loads: Implications for Sensorimotor Transformations / G. K. Kerr and R. N. Marshall -- Ch. 13. The Use of Virtual Environments in Perception-Action Research: Grasping the Impossible and Controlling the Improbable / John P. Wann and Simon K. Rushton -- Ch. 14. Trajectory Modifications in Response to Superseding Step Stimuli / Nicholas C. Barrett and Robert T. Kane -- Ch. 15. Limiting Motions in Prehension / Patricia J. Bate and Errol R. Hoffman -- Ch. 16. Perspectives on Motor Control and Sensory-Motor Integration / Jan P. Piek and Nicholas C. Barrett.

ISBN

0444819215 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95041895

OCLC

ocm33206798

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries