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Synergy (Hardcover)
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Synergy (Hardcover)
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Synergy dicusses a general problem in biology: The lack of an
adequate language for formulating biologically specific problems.
Written for an inquisitive reader who is not necessarily a
professional in the area of movement studies, this book describes
the recent progress in the control and coordination of human
movement.
The book begins with a brief history of movement studies and
reviews the current central controversies in the area of control of
movements with an emphasis on the equilibrium-point hypothesis. An
operational definition of synergy is introduced and a method of
analysis of synergies is described based on the uncontrolled
manifold hypothesis. Further this method is used to characterize
synergies in a variety of tasks including such common motor tasks
as standing, pointing, reaching, standing-up, and manipulation of
hand-held objects. Applications of this method to movements by
persons with neurological disorders, persons with atypical
development and healthy elderly persons are illustrated, as well as
changes in motor synergies with practice. Possible
neurophysiological mechanisms of synergies are also discussed with
the focus on such conspicuous structures as the spinal cord, the
cerebellum, the basal ganglia, and the cortex of the large
hemispheres. A variety of models are discussed based on different
computational and neurophysiological principles. Possible
applications of the introduced definition of synergies to other
areas such as perception and language are discussed.
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