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1st Edition

Human Motor Behavior An Introduction

By J.A. Scott Kelso Copyright 1982
    320 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    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.

    Preface, PART I: PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUES IN MOTOR BEHAVIOR I. The Process Approach to Understanding Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction 2. Concepts and Issues in Human Motor Behavior: Coming to Grips with the Jargon PART II: INFORMATION PROCESSING, MOTOR LEARNING, AND MEMORY 3. Information-processing Framework for Understanding Human Motor Behavior 4. Motor Control and Motor Learning: The Closed-loop Perspective 5. Memory for Movement with Emphasis on Short-term Aspects PART III: FROM COMPONENT ANALYSIS TO MOTOR PROGRAMS 6. Component Analysis and Conceptions of Skill 7. Learning and Control of Coordinated Motor Patterns: The Programming Perspective PART IV: GENERALIZED MOTOR PROGRAMS AND SCHEMAS FOR MOVEMENT 8. More on Motor Programs 9. The Schema Concept PART V: DEGREES OF FREEDOM, COORDINATIVE STRUCTURES, AND TUNING 10. The Bernstein Perspective: I. The Problems of Degrees of Freedom and Context-Conditioned Variability I The Bernstein Perspective: II. The Concept of Muscle Linkage or Coordinative Structure 12. The Bernstein Perspective: III. Tuning of Coordinative Structures with Special Reference to Perception. Epilogue: Two Strategies for Investigating Action

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    J.A. Scott Kelso, J.A. Scott Kelso

    "...the book's strengths include a strong emphasis on theory and many examples of the necessity for creative methodology to solve problems related to understanding movement coordination."
    —Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

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