"Motor Control in Everyday Actions" presents 47 true stories
that illustrate the phenomena of motor control, learning,
perception, and attention in sport, physical activity, home, and
work environments. At times humorous and sometimes sobering, this
unique text provides an accessible application-to-research approach
to spark critical thinking, class discussion, and new ideas for
research. The stories in" Motor Control in Everyday Actions"
illustrate the diversity and complexity of research in perception
and action and motor skill acquisition. More than interesting
anecdotes, these stories offer concrete examples of how motor
behavior, motor control, and perception and action errors affect
the lives of both well-known and ordinary individuals in various
situations and environments.
Readers will be entertained with real-life stories that
illustrate how research in motor control is applicable to real
life:
-Choking Under Pressure examines information processing and how
it changes under pressure.
-The Gimme Putt shows how Schmidt's law can be used to predict
the accuracy of golf putts.
-Turn Right at the Next Gorilla examines inattention blindness
and its role in traffic accidents.
-The Farmers' Market describes reasons why a man drives his car
through a crowded open-air market, killing and injuring dozens of
shoppers in the process.
-Craps and Weighted Bats describes the curious role of myths and
superstition in how we play games.
-And 42 other examples of motor control in everyday actions will
both entertain and inform.
Each story is followed by a set of self-directed activities that
are progressively more complex. These activities, plus the
additional notes and suggested readings and websites at the
conclusion of each story, provide a starting point for critical
thinking about the reasons why human actions sometimes go awry. A
reader-friendly writing style and easy-to-follow analysis and
conclusions assist students in gaining mastery of the issues
presented, conceptualizing new research projects, and applying the
content to current research.
The stories are grouped into three parts, beginning with
situations involving errors and mistakes in perception, action, or
decision making. Next, stories investigating varied techniques for
studying perception and action are presented. The remaining
scenarios provide readers with a look at research focusing on the
motor learning process as well as some of the unexpected
discoveries resulting from those investigations.
"Motor Control in Everyday Actions" will engage its
readers--not only through the central topic of the story but also
in the fundamental concepts involving perception, action, and
learning. Used as a springboard for new research or as a catalyst
for engaging discussion, "Motor Control in Everyday Actions "offers
perspectives that will enhance understanding of how human beings
interact with their world.
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