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Author Latash, Mark L., 1953-

Title Synergy / Mark L. Latash
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description xiv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Building a Definition for Synergy -- Pt. 2. A Brief History of Movement Studies -- Pt. 3. Motor Control and Coordination -- Pt. 4. Motor Variability: A Window into Synergies -- Pt. 5. Zoo of Motor Synergies -- Pt. 6. Atypical, Suboptimal, and Changing Synergies -- Pt. 7. Neurophysiological Mechanisms -- Pt. 8. Models and Beyond Motor Synergies
Summary "Synergy discusses 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, Synergy 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. Possible applications of the introduced definition of synergies to other areas such as perception and language are discussed."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-403) and index
Subject Human mechanics.
Biomechanics.
Movement -- physiology.
Biomechanics
Motor Activity -- physiology.
Neurophysiology -- methods.
LC no. 2007031088
ISBN 9780195333169 (alk. paper)
0195333160 (alk. paper)