1st Edition
Motor Behavior Control, Learning and Development
Introduction
Section 1: Learning and Behavior
1. What Is Motor Learning?
2. Memory and Learning
3. Learning as a Process of Change – The Learning Curve
4. The Complexity of Motor Behavior
Section 2: Control and Learning of Voluntary Movements
5. The Control of Voluntary Movements
6. Perceptual Information and Motor Learning
7. Lateral Asymmetry
8. Emotion, Motor Behavior and Learning
Section 3: Managing Information and Learning
9. Managing Information
10. The Ecological Approach to Motor Control
11. A Schema Theory of Motor Learning
12. Learning And Interpersonal Coordination
13. Guiding Learning
14. Creative Behavior
Section 4: Learning Throughout Life
15. Motor Learning, Development and Aging
16. Aging: A Continuous Learning Process
Biography
João Barreiros is a full professor at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Throughout his academic career of over 40 years, he has taught and conducted research in the areas of motor learning and human motor development.
Pedro Passos is an associate professor at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal, where he teaches motor learning and conducts research on learning in collective behavior, especially in team sports. He is currently the Director of the Motor Behavior Laboratory at his faculty
