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Handbook of perception and action. [Volume 2] /

This up-to-date handbook focuses on the study of action, or"motor control, "which examines movement and skill and the internal processes that lead to them. As action is interrelated with cognition, this is a vigorous field of investigation. Written by international experts, Motor Skills pr...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Prinz, Wolfgang, 1942; Bridgeman, Bruce
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: London ; San Diego :
Publication Dates: 1995- 1996.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Perception
Waarneming
Handelen
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/handbooks/18745822/2
Summary: This up-to-date handbook focuses on the study of action, or"motor control, "which examines movement and skill and the internal processes that lead to them. As action is interrelated with cognition, this is a vigorous field of investigation. Written by international experts, Motor Skills provides current reviews on general processes important to motor control--learning, coordination, timing, planning, and control--and on the individual skills of throwing, catching, reaching, and typing. The text describes important conceptual and methodological advances regarding control theory and timing, an
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780125161626
012516162X
Index Number: BF311
CLC: B842.2
Contents: List of Contributors. -- Preface. -- S.W. Keele and H. Heuer, Introduction. -- General Concepts: -- D.A. Rosenbaum and H. Krist, Antecedents of Action. -- M.I. Jordan, Computational Aspects of Motor Control and Motor Learning. -- H. Heuer, Coordination. -- D. Vorberg and A.M. Wing, Modeling Variability and Dependence in Timing. -- R. Ivry, Representational Issues in Motor Learning: Phenomena and Theory. -- Particular Skills: -- M.H. Woollacott and J.L. Jensen, Posture and Locomotion. -- M. Jeannerod, Reaching and Grasping: Parallel Specification of Visuomotor Channels. -- G.J.P. Savelsbergh
v. 1. Perception -- v. 2. Motor skills -- v. 3. Attention.

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