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Motor Control and Learning

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Editors:
  1. Mark L. Latash

    1. The Pennsylvania State University, USA

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  2. Francis Lestienne

    1. Université De Caen Basse-Normandie, France

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  • The first book to view from a contemporary context the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Control of Movement and Posture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Nature of Voluntary Control of Motor Actions

      • Anatol G. Feldman
      Pages 3-8

    3. Plans for Grasping Objects

      • David A. Rosenbaum, Rajal G. Cohen, Ruud G. J. Meulenbroek, Jonathan Vaughan
      Pages 9-25

    4. Adherence and Postural Control: A Biomechanical Analysis of Transient Push Efforts

      • Simon Bouisset, Serge Le Bozec, Christian Ribreau
      Pages 27-43

  3. Control of Rhythmic Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Trajectory Formation in Timed Repetitive Movements

      • Ramesh Balasubramaniam
      Pages 47-54

    3. Stability and Variability in Skilled Rhythmic Action—A Dynamical Analysis of Rhythmic Ball Bouncing

      • Dagmar Sternad
      Pages 55-62

    4. The Distinctions Between State, Parameter and Graph Dynamics in Sensorimotor Control and Coordination

      • Elliot Saltzman, Hosung Nam, Louis Goldstein, Dani Byrd
      Pages 63-73

  4. Motor Learning and Neural Plasticity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Stabilization of Old and New Postural Patterns in Standing Humans

      • Benoît G. Bardy, Elise Faugloire, Paul Fourcade, Thomas A. Stoffregen
      Pages 77-87

    3. The Role of the Motor Cortex in Motor Learning

      • Mark Hallett
      Pages 89-95

    4. Feedback Remapping and the Cortical Control of Movement

      • Michael S. A. Graziano
      Pages 97-104

    5. How Cerebral and Cerebellar Plasticities May Cooperate During Arm Reaching Movement Learning: A Neural Network Model

      • Alexander A. Frolov, Michel Dufossé
      Pages 105-114

    6. Motor Performance and Regional Brain Metabolism of Four Spontaneous Murine Mutations with Degeneration of the Cerebellar Cortex

      • Robert Lalonde, Catherine Strazielle
      Pages 115-124

  5. Development and Aging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Development and Motor Control: From the First Step on

      • Guy Cheron, Anita Cebolla, Françoise Leurs, Ana Bengoetxea, Bernard Dan
      Pages 127-139

    3. Changes in Finger Coordination and Hand Function with Advanced Age

      • Mark L. Latash, Jae Kun Shim, Minoru Shinohara, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky
      Pages 141-159

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 161-169
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About this book

The purpose of the current volume is two-fold. First, The second chapter is co-authored by Rosenbaum, it presents a series of review papers re?ecting the re- Cohen, Meulenbroek, and Vaughan. The authors - cent progress in the area of neural control of posture dress in this chapter another central issue of motor and movement (Parts I and II). Second, it focuses on control,thatofcreatingmotorplans.Inlinewitht- issues of changes in motor patterns and neurological orizing by David Rosenbaum and his colleagues, this structures involved in their production with learning, chapter develops the idea of end-state comfort as an development, and aging (Parts III and IV). organizing criterion for the formation motor plans. The chapters in this volume were written by speak- The chapter also highlights the role of mental rep- ers at the Fourth meeting “Progress in Motor Con- sentation in motor control. trol” that took place in Caen (France) in 2003. As Chapter 3 focuses on issues of postural control.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    Mark L. Latash

  • Université De Caen Basse-Normandie, France

    Francis Lestienne

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Motor Control and Learning

  • Editors: Mark L. Latash, Francis Lestienne

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28287-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25390-9Published: 07 February 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3792-6Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28287-9Published: 31 May 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 169

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosciences, Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapy, Biochemical Engineering

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