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A multilevel approach to the study of motor control and learning / Debra J. Rose, Robert W. Christina.

Title
A multilevel approach to the study of motor control and learning / Debra J. Rose, Robert W. Christina.
Author
Rose, Debra J.
Publication
San Francisco : Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, c2006.

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Christina, Robert W.
Description
xiv, 445 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This up-to-date textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of motor control and motor learning. The authors integrate knowledge from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience to provide you with a more complete understanding of the multilevel processes that contribute to the acquisition and control of movement skills."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Motor learning
  • Afferent pathways
  • Motor Activity
  • Learning
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Afferent Pathways
  • Motor Skills
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-420) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction to motor control -- How motor control is studied -- Somatosensory contributions to action -- Visual and vestibular system contributions to action -- Developing and executing the plan of action -- Introduction to motor learning -- How motor learning is studied -- Setting the stage for motor learning -- Organizing the practice environment -- Augmented feedback and motor learning -- Memory and forgetting -- Transfer of motor learning.
ISBN
080536031X
LCCN
^^2005006531
OCLC
58451707
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library