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Title

Measuring movement and locomotion : from invertebrates to humans / Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp, Martin Kavaliers, Paul R. Sanberg, [editors].

Publication

Austin : R.G. Landes ; New York : Chapman & Hall [Distributor], [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Ossenkopp, Klaus-Peter.
• Kavaliers, Martin.
• Sanberg, Paul R.

Description

309 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Series Statement

Neuroscience intelligence unit

Uniform Title

Neuroscience intelligence unit.

Subject

• Animal locomotion > Measurement
• Human locomotion > Measurement
• Movement > physiology
• Locomotion > physiology
• Biomechanical Phenomena
• Research Design

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Measuring Movement and Locomotion: Perspective and Overview / Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp, Martin Kavaliers and Paul R. Sanberg -- 2. Measuring Activity in Invertebrates and Lower Vertebrates / Martin Kavaliers and T. S. Perrot-Sinal -- 3. Measuring Spontaneous Locomotor Activity in Small Mammals / Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp and Martin Kavaliers -- 4. Methods for Assessment of Locomotor Behavior in Primates / Deborah C. Rice -- 5. Measuring Human Individual Differences in General Motor Activity with Actometers / Warren O. Eaton, Nancy A. McKeen and Kimberly J. Saudino -- 6. Developmental Aspects of Movement Sequences in Mammals / J. C. Fentress and V. J. Bolivar -- 7. Righting and the Modular Organization of Motor Programs / Sergio M. Pellis -- 8. A Rat's Reach Should Exceed Its Grasp: Analysis of Independent Limb and Digit Use in the Laboratory Rat / Ian Q. Whishaw and Elena I. Miklyaeva -- 9. Measurement of Swimming Kinematics in Small Terrestrial Mammals / Frank E. Fish --
• 10. Quantitative Analyses of Equine Locomotion / Henk C. Schamhardt -- 11. Single-Subject Design for Measuring Locomotor Activity / G. T. Pollard and J. L. Howard -- 12. Reliability of Motor Activity Assessments / K. M. Crofton and R. C. MacPhail -- 13. Multivariate Analyses of Locomotor and Investigatory Behavior in Rodents / Mark A. Geyer and Martin P. Paulus -- 14. Assessing the Organization of Motor Behavior: New Approaches Based on the Behavior of Complex Physical Systems / Martin P. Paulus and Mark A. Geyer -- Appendix A (Chapter 5) / Warren O. Eaton, Nancy A. McKeen and Kimberly J. Saudino -- Appendix B (Chapter 3: List of Equipment Manufacturers) / Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp and Martin Kavaliers.

ISBN

• 0412103214 (alk. paper)
• 1570593221 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95050025

OCLC

ocm33821131

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries