ABSTRACT
Why should anyone be interested in studying motor skills? This book is based on the contrary belief that the determinants of motor skill and the conjoint problems of how movements are coordinated and controlled are fundamentally important to anyone concerned with understanding human behavior. This includes psychologists, but applies even more especially to other disciplines-such as physical education and kinesiology-for which the subject of movement is particularly germane. In fact, this book is written primarily for undergraduates in kinesiology and physical education as well as psychology, and it may also be of interest to students in areas such as physical therapy, engineering and computer science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|58 pages
Perspectives and Issues in Motor Behavior
part 2|81 pages
Information Processing, Motor Learning and Memory
part 3|46 pages
From Component Analysis to Motor Programs
part 4|49 pages
Generalized Motor Programs and Schemas for Movement
part 5|45 pages
Degrees of Freedom, Coordinative Structures and Tuning