Motor control and learning over the lifespan

Motor Control and Learning focuses on the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement. These issues have been at the center of attention of the motor control community, but no book until now has addressed all of these issues under one cover in the context of contemporary views on the control of human voluntary movement. This book emphasizes the links between progress in basic motor control research and applied areas such as motor disorders and motor rehabilitation. Contributors are established scientists in the areas of both theoretical/experimental motor control and its applications. The chapters focus more on large, general issues than on their particular research. As a result, Motor Control and Learning is relevant to both professionals in the areas of motor control, movement disorders, and motor rehabilitation, and to students who are starting their careers in one of these actively developed areas. Dr. Mark L. Latash is Professor of Kinesiology at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Francis G. Lestienne is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology in Physical Activity and Sports at the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France. Motor Control And Learning Focuses On The Effects Of Development, Aging, And Practice On The Control Of Human Voluntary Movement. No Book Until Now Has Addressed All Of These Issues Under One Cover In The Context Of Contemporary Views On The Control Of Human Voluntary Movement. This Book Emphasizes The Links Between Progress In Basic Motor Control Research And Applied Areas Such As Motor Disorders And Motor Rehabilitation. Contributors Are Established Scientists In The Areas Of Both Theoretical/experimental Motor Control And Its Applications. The Chapters Focus More On Large, General Issues Than On Their Particular Research. As A Result, Motor Control And Learning Is Relevant To Both Professionals In The Areas Of Motor Control, Movement Disorders, And Motor Rehabilitation, And To Students Who Are Starting Their Careers In One Of These Actively Developed Areas.--jacket. The Nature Of Voluntary Control Of Motor Actions / Anatol G. Feldman -- Plans For Grasping Objects / David A. Rosenbaum [and Others] -- Adherence And Postural Control : A Biomechanical Analysis Of Transient Push Efforts / Simon Bouisset, Serge Le Bozec And Christian Ribreau -- Trajectory Formation In Timed Repetitive Movements / Ramesh Balasubramaniam -- Stability And Variability In Skilled Rhythmic Action : A Dynamical Analysis Of Rhythmic Ball Bouncing / Dagmar Sternad -- The Distinctions Between State, Parameter And Graph Dynamics In Sensorimotor Control And Coordination / Elliot Saltzman [and Others] -- Stabilization Of Old And New Postural Patterns In Standing Humans / Benoıt G. Bardy [and Others] -- The Role Of The Motor Cortex In Motor Learning / Mark Hallett -- Feedback Remapping And The Cortical Control Of Movement / Michael S.a. Graziano -- How Cerebral And Cerebellar Plasticities May Cooperate During Arm Reaching Movement Learning : A Neural Network Model / Alexander A. Frolov And Michel Dufosse -- Motor Performance And Regional Brain Metabolism Of Four Spontaneous Murine Mutations With Degeneration Of The Cerebellar Cortex / Robert Lalonde And Catherine Strazielle -- Development And Motor Control : From The First Step On / Guy Cheron [and Others] -- Changes In Finger Coordination And Hand Function With Advanced Age / Mark L. Latash [and Others]. Edited By Mark L. Latash And Francis Lestienne. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Nature of Voluntary Control of Motor Actions....Pages 3-8 Plans for Grasping Objects....Pages 9-25 Adherence and Postural Control: A Biomechanical Analysis of Transient Push Efforts....Pages 27-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Trajectory Formation in Timed Repetitive Movements....Pages 47-54 Stability and Variability in Skilled Rhythmic Action—A Dynamical Analysis of Rhythmic Ball Bouncing....Pages 55-62 The Distinctions Between State, Parameter and Graph Dynamics in Sensorimotor Control and Coordination....Pages 63-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Stabilization of Old and New Postural Patterns in Standing Humans....Pages 77-87 The Role of the Motor Cortex in Motor Learning....Pages 89-95 Feedback Remapping and the Cortical Control of Movement....Pages 97-104 How Cerebral and Cerebellar Plasticities May Cooperate During Arm Reaching Movement Learning: A Neural Network Model....Pages 105-114 Motor Performance and Regional Brain Metabolism of Four Spontaneous Murine Mutations with Degeneration of the Cerebellar Cortex....Pages 115-124 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Development and Motor Control: From the First Step on....Pages 127-139 Changes in Finger Coordination and Hand Function with Advanced Age....Pages 141-159 The title, Motor Control and Learning, reflects a focus on the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement. These issues have been at the center of attention of the motor control community, but no book has addressed all of these issues under one cover in the context of contemporary views on the control of human voluntary movement. Motor Control and Learning will fill that void. This book emphasizes the links between progress in basic motor control research and applied areas such as motor disorders and motor rehabilitation. The content has been written by established scientists in the areas of both theoretical/experimental motor control and its applications. The authors have written in a reader-friendly style, focusing more on large, general issues than on their particular research. As a result, the book is relevant to both professionals in the areas of motor control, movement disorders, and motor rehabilitation, and to students who are starting their careers in one of these actively developed areas The purpose of the current volume is two-fold. First, The second chapter is co-authored by Rosenbaum, it presents a series of review papers re?ecting the re- Cohen, Meulenbroek, and Vaughan. The authors - cent progress in the area of neural control of posture dress in this chapter another central issue of motor and movement (Parts I and II). Second, it focuses on control,thatofcreatingmotorplans.Inlinewitht- issues of changes in motor patterns and neurological orizing by David Rosenbaum and his colleagues, this structures involved in their production with learning, chapter develops the idea of end-state comfort as an development, and aging (Parts III and IV). organizing criterion for the formation motor plans. The chapters in this volume were written by speak- The chapter also highlights the role of mental rep- ers at the Fourth meeting “Progress in Motor Con- sentation in motor control. trol” that took place in Caen (France) in 2003. As Chapter 3 focuses on issues of postural control. This book is the first to view the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement from a contemporary context. Emphasis is on the links between progress in basic motor control research and applied areas such as motor disorders and motor rehabilitation. Relevant to both professionals in the areas of motor control, movement disorders, and motor rehabilitation, and to students starting their careers in one of these actively developed areas.