Motor Representation and Control

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface xvii
• List of Contributors and Participants xix
• 1: Hierarchical Control in the Execution of Action Sequences: Tests of Two Invariance Properties 3
• Introduction 3
• Conclusions 50
• Acknowledgments 51
• Ii Tutorials on the Basic Organization Principles of Motor Representations 57
• 2: The Motor Cortical Areas and the Problem of Hierarchies 59
• Acknowledgments 72
• 3: Motor Programs: Concepts and Issues 77
• Summary and Conclusions 106
• Acknowledgment 107
• References 107
• 4: Programs, Schemas, and Neural Networks for Control of Hand Movements: Beyond the Rs Framework 111
• Acknowledgments 137
• References 137
• 5: Action-Perception as a Pattern Formation Process 139
• Introduction 139
• Acknowledgments 168
• References 168
• Iii Movement Initiation and Motor Output Specification in Voluntary Action 171
• 6: Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs in Aimed Movements: Toward a Theory of Rapid Voluntary Action 173
• Introduction 173
• Acknowledgments 221
• References 221
• 7: Neurophysiology of Reaching 227
• Acknowledgments 259
• References 259
• 8: Parallel Interacting Channels in the Initiation and Specification of Motor Response Features 265
• Introduction 266
• Acknowledgments 291
• References 291
• 9: Generalized Motor Programs: Reexamining Claims of Effector Independence in Writing 294
• Introduction 294
• Conclusions 318
• Acknowledgments 319
• References 319
• 10: Constraints for Action Selection: Overhand Versus Underhand Grips 321
• Introduction 321
• Acknowledgments 341
• References 341
• Iv the Structure of Motor Patterns in Learned Movements and Speech 343
• 11: Common Factors in the Control of Free and Constrained Movements 345
• Summary and Conclusions 369
• Acknowledgments 372
• References 372
• 12: Rhythmic Precision in the Performance of Piano Scales: Motor Psychophysics and Motor Programming 375
• Acknowledgments 404
• References 405
• 13: Rapid Serial Movements: Relation Between the Planning of Sequential Structure and Effector Selection 409
• Acknowledgments 426
• References 426
• 14: Phase Transitions in Speech Production and Their Perceptual Consequences 429
• Acknowledgments 450
• References 450
• 15: Acquisition of Speech Production: Frames, Then Content 453
• Introduction 453
• Summary and Implications 471
• Acknowledgments 474
• V Sensorimotor Transformation and the Representation of Action Coordinates 477
• 16: Sensorimotor Transformations and the Kinematics of Arm Movements in Three- Dimensional Space 479
• Introduction 479
• Conclusion 493
• Acknowledgment 493
• References 493
• 17: The Geometric and Dynamic Implications of the Coherence Constraints in Three-Dimensional Sensorimotor Interactions 495
• Introduction 496
• 18: Sensory-Motor Adaptation to High Force Levels in Parabolic Flight Maneuvers 527
• Introduction 527
• Acknowledgments 546
• References 546
• 19: Contribution of Skeletal and Extraocular Proprioception to Kinaesthetic Representation 549
• Introduction 550
• Acknowledgments 565
• References 565
• 20: Eye Movements to a Visual Stimulus Flashed Before, During, or After a Saccade 567
• Introduction 567
• Conclusion 581
• Acknowledgment 581
• References 581
• 21: Basic Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunctions in Cerebral Palsy 583
• Summary and Conclusions 600
• Acknowledgments 601
• References 601
• 22: Joint Visual Attention, Manual Pointing, and Preverbal Communication in Human Infancy 605
• Introduction 605
• Vi the Role of Sensory-Based Adjustments in the Achievement of the Goal 625
• 23: Functional Contributions of Rapid and Automatic Sensory-Based Adjustments to Motor Output 627
• Acknowledgments 647
• References 647
• 24: Gaze Saccade Orienting and Hand Pointing Are Locked to Their Goal by Quick Internal Loops 653
• General Conclusion 673
• References 674
• 25: Tactile Afferent Signals in the Control of Precision Grip 677
• Introduction 677
• 26: Motor Representations in Deafferented Humans: A Mechanism for Disordered Movement Performance 714
• Introduction 714
• Vii Constraints on Motor Learning and Development 737
• 27: A Perception -- Action Perspective on the Development of Manual Movements 739
• 28: Units of Motor Behavior: Modifications with Practice and Feedback 763
• Acknowledgments 793
• References 793
• 29: Motor Learning and the Degrees of Freedom Problem 796
• Conclusions 831
• Acknowledgments 833
• References 833
• 30: Gesture Learning and Apraxia 837
• Introduction 838
• Author Index 857
• Subject Index 873

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