{"product_id":"dexterity-and-its-development-9781138967618","title":"Dexterity and Its Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a very unusual book. It brings to the English speaking reader a masterpiece written some 50 years ago by one of the greatest minds of the 20th century--Nicholai Aleksandrovich Bernstein--considered the founder of many contemporary fields of science such as biomechanics, motor control, and physiology of activity. Divided into two parts, this volume''s first section is a translation of the Russian book \u003ci\u003eOn Dexterity and Its Development.\u003c\/i\u003e It presents, in a very reader-friendly style, Bernstein''s major ideas related to the development and control of voluntary movements in general, and to the notion of dexterity, in particular. Although very few scientific works remain interesting to the reader 50 years after they were written, this volume--now available for the first time in English--is a rare exception to this rule. His ideas are certainly not obsolete. Actually, we are just starting to grasp the depth and breadth of his thinking, especially his analysis of the complex notio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As Bernstein originally intended, the present volume possesses the necessary breadth and depth to appeal to movement scientists of many levels, backgrounds, and disciplines....Texts such as Bernstein's provide a welcome antidote to the growing tendency toward specialization and fragmentation that bothers present-day movement science.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This excellent book, about how movement is developed and controlled, is easy to understand and is a very practical work for biomechanics, kinesiologists, therapists, physiologists, and especially motor behaviorists. [It] presents movement control and development in practical, realistic contexts and provides excellent examples with supporting figures....should be seriously considered by all interested in human movement control. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003ePreface. \u003cb\u003eN.A. Bernstein, Part I: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Dexterity and Its Development.\u003c\/i\u003e Introduction. What Is Dexterity? On Motor Control. On the Origin of Movements. On the Construction of Movements. Levels of Construction of Movements. On Exercise and Motor Skill. Dexterity and Its Features. From the Author. \u003cb\u003ePart II: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentaries.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eI.M. Feigenberg, L.P. Latash,\u003c\/b\u003e N.A. Bernstein: The Reformer of Neuroscience. \u003cb\u003eM.L. Latash,\u003c\/b\u003e The Bernstein Problem: How Does the Central Nervous System Make Its Choices? \u003cb\u003eG.J. van Ingen Schenau, A.J. van Soest,\u003c\/b\u003e On the Biomechanical Basis of Dexterity. \u003cb\u003eM.T. Turvey, C. Carello,\u003c\/b\u003e Dynamics of Bernstein's Level of Synergies. \u003cb\u003eP.J. Beek, A.A.M. van Santvoord,\u003c\/b\u003e Dexterity in Cascade Juggling. \u003cb\u003eK.M. Newell,\u003c\/b\u003e Change in Movement and Skill: Learning, Retention, and Transfer. \u003cb\u003eE.S. Reed, B. Bril,\u003c\/b\u003e The Primacy of Action in Development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019549507927,"sku":"9781138967618","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138967618.jpg?v=1750780601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dexterity-and-its-development-9781138967618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}