Motor control and learning : a behavioral emphasis /
"Motor Control and Learning, Fifth Edition, begins with an introduction to research and fundamental concepts important to understanding motor behavior. In the second part of the text, readers will learn about motor control, including contributions from the sensory and central nervous systems; p...
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Human Kinetics,
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Table of Contents:
- Evolution of a field of study
- Methodology for studying motor performance
- Human information processing
- Attention and performance
- Sensory contributions to motor control
- Central contributions to motor control
- Principles of speed and accuracy
- Coordination
- Individual differences and capabilities
- Motor learning concepts and research methods
- Conditions of practice
- Augmented feedback
- The learning process
- Retention and transfer
- pt. I Introduction to Motor Behavior
- ch. 1 Evolution of a Field of Study
- Understanding Movement
- Origins of the Field
- Summary
- ch. 2 Methodology for Studying Motor Performance
- Classification of Motor Skills
- Basic Considerations in Measurement
- Measuring Motor Behavior
- Measuring and Evaluating Relationships
- Summary
- ch. 3 Human Information Processing
- Information-Processing Model
- Three Stages of Information Processing
- Anticipation
- Signal-Detection Theory
- Memory
- Summary
- ch. 4 Attention and Performance
- Types of Attention
- Theories of Attention
- Competition for Attention
- Attention During Movement
- Focus of Attention
- Attention and Anxiety
- Summary
- pt. II Motor Control
- ch. 5 Sensory Contributions to Motor Control
- Closed-Loop Control Systems
- Vision
- Audition
- Proprioceptors
- Proprioception and Motor Control
- Feedforward Influences on Motor Control
- Summary
- ch. 6 Central Contributions to Motor Control
- Open-Loop Processes
- Central Control Mechanisms
- Central Control of Rapid Movements
- Generalized Motor Programs
- Summary
- ch. 7 Principles of Speed and Accuracy
- Fitts' Law: The Logarithmic Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
- Linear Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
- Temporal Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
- Central Contributions to the Spatial Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
- Correction Models of the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off
- Summary
- ch. 8 Coordination
- Discrete Tasks
- Continuous Tasks
- Summary
- ch. 9 Individual Differences and Capabilities
- Experimental Versus Differential Approaches
- Abilities
- Taxonomies
- Prediction
- Individual-Difference Variables
- Summary
- pt. III Motor Learning
- ch. 10 Motor Learning Concepts and Research Methods
- Motor Learning Defined
- Measuring Motor Learning
- Designing Experiments on Learning
- Alternative Methods for Measuring Learning
- Issues About the "Amount" of Learning
- Understanding Learning and Performance Variables
- Summary
- ch. 11 Conditions of Practice
- Law of Practice
- Motivation for Learning
- Verbal Information
- Perceptual Learning
- Observational Learning
- Mental Practice
- Distribution of Practice
- Variability of Practice
- Contextual Interference
- Part Versus Whole Practice
- Guidance
- Principles of Practice Specificity
- Summary
- ch. 12 Augmented Feedback
- Classifications and Definitions
- Research on Augmented Feedback
- Evaluating the Effects of Augmented Feedback
- Knowledge of Performance
- Knowledge of Results
- Theoretical Issues: How Does Augmented Feedback "Work"?
- Summary
- ch. 13 Learning Process
- Characteristics of the Learning Process
- Closed-Loop Theory
- Schema Theory
- Differing Theoretical Perspectives of Motor Learning
- Summary
- ch. 14 Retention and Transfer
- Fundamental Distinctions and Definitions
- Measuring Retention and Transfer
- Retention and Motor Memory
- Retention Loss
- Transfer of Learning
- Summary