Motor Control: Theories, Experiments, and Applications
Frederic Danion, PhD and Mark Latash, PhD
Abstract
Motor control has established itself as an area of scientific research characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach. Scientists working in the area of control of voluntary movements come from different backgrounds including but not limited to physiology, physics, psychology, mathematics, neurology, physical therapy, computer science, robotics, and engineering. One of the factors slowing progress in the area has been the lack of communication among researchers representing all these disciplines. A major objective of this book is to overcome this deficiency and to promote cooperation and mutua ... More
Motor control has established itself as an area of scientific research characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach. Scientists working in the area of control of voluntary movements come from different backgrounds including but not limited to physiology, physics, psychology, mathematics, neurology, physical therapy, computer science, robotics, and engineering. One of the factors slowing progress in the area has been the lack of communication among researchers representing all these disciplines. A major objective of this book is to overcome this deficiency and to promote cooperation and mutual understanding among researchers addressing different aspects of the complex phenomenon of motor coordination. The book offers a collection of chapters written by the most prominent researchers in the field. Despite the variety of approaches and methods, all the chapters are united by a common goal: to understand how the central nervous system controls and coordinates natural voluntary movements.
Keywords:
motor control,
psychology,
physiology,
robotics,
computer science,
engineering,
neurology,
physical therapy,
central nervous system,
voluntary movements
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195395273 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395273.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Frederic Danion, PhD, author
Movement Sciences Institute, CNRS, Theoretical Neuroscience Group, l'Universite de la Mediterranee, AIX Marseille II, Marseille, France.
Mark Latash, PhD, author
Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
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