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Progress in Motor Control

A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Dagmar Sternad

    1. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

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  • Provides an in-depth discussion of a number of fundamental and often opposing ideas about the theoretical basis of motor control
  • No other book provides such a multidisciplinary approach to the problem of motor control
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 629)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Nature of Motor Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Nature of Motor Control: Not Strictly “Motor”, Not Quite “Control”

      • Michael T. Turvey
      Pages 3-6

    3. Beyond Control: The Dynamics of Brain-Body-Environment Interaction in Motor Systems

      • Randall D. Beer
      Pages 7-24

    4. Towards Testable Neuromechanical Control Architectures for Running

      • Shai Revzen, Daniel E. Koditschek, Robert J. Full
      Pages 25-55

    5. Control from an Allometric Perspective

      • Bruce J. West
      Pages 57-82

    6. Synergies: Atoms of Brain and Behavior

      • J. A. Scott Kelso
      Pages 83-91

    7. Nature of Motor Control: Perspectives and Issues

      • Michael T. Turvey, Sergio Fonseca
      Pages 93-123

  3. What is Encoded in the Brain?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Past, Present, and Emerging Principles in the Neural Encoding of Movement

      • Timothy J. Ebner, Claudia M. Hendrix, Siavash Pasalar
      Pages 127-137

    3. From Intention to Action: Motor Cortex and the Control of Reaching Movements

      • John F. Kalaska
      Pages 139-178

    4. Control of Muscle Synergies by Cortical Ensembles

      • Michelle M. Morrow, Eric A. Pohlmeyer, Lee E. Miller
      Pages 179-199

    5. Behavioral and Neurophysiological Aspects of Target Interception

      • Hugo Merchant, Wilbert Zarco, Luis Prado, Oswaldo Pérez
      Pages 201-220

    6. Learning from Learning: What Can Visuomotor Adaptations Tell us About the Neuronal Representation of Movement?

      • Rony Paz, Eilon Vaadia
      Pages 221-242

    7. The Problem of Parametric Neural Coding in the Motor System

      • Jacob Reimer, Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
      Pages 243-259

  4. Perception and Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Introduction to Section on Perception and Action

      • Brett R. Fajen
      Pages 263-272

    3. Mutuality in the Perception of Affordances and the Control of Movement

      • Claudia Carello, Jeffrey B. Wagman
      Pages 273-292

    4. Object Avoidance During Locomotion

      • David A. McVea, Keir G. Pearson
      Pages 293-315

    5. The Roles of Vision and Proprioception in the Planning of Reaching Movements

      • Fabrice R. Sarlegna, Robert L. Sainburg
      Pages 317-335
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It has become widely acknowledged, and almost trivial to state, that the study of the control and coordination of biological movement – motor control – is inherently multidisciplinary. From the investigation of overt functional behavior to the int- cacies of neuronal activations, the issues are numerous and invite many different levels of analysis, methods, and perspectives. Clearly, the biological movement system is simultaneously a dynamical, neurophysiological, electrophysiological, and intentional system, in short, a complex system in the technical sense of the word. While multidisciplinarity in motor control research is a necessity, it also presents a stumbling block to developing a coherent body of knowledge that represents the science of the control and coordination of movement. Research thrusts are developing from different academic backgrounds that are not easily understood by peers with entirely different disciplinary training. Not only for the student of motor control, but also for the advanced researcher, it can be daunting to make connections, for example, between cognitive issues like pl- ning or attention and functional properties of the peripheral nervous system, between motor cortical activation and the biomechanics of the multi-joint limb system. Yet, all of these approaches aim to shed light on the same phenomenon – the astonishing ability of biological systems to move, perceive, grow, adapt, use tools, and do infinitely more things. For the science of motor control to progress more integration of disciplines is therefore necessary.

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  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    Dagmar Sternad

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