Description
Book SynopsisMotor Control and Learning, Sixth Edition With Web Resource, focuses on observable movement behavior, the many factors that influence quality of movement, and how movement skills are acquired.
Trade Review“This book provides a blend of current literature and classic studies in motor control and learning, and the authors cite advantages and limitations for the research. I found part III the most thought-provoking and applicable to my practice of physical therapy, particularly chapter 10, which discusses how conditions of practice influence motor learning. The book comprehensively examines human movement and performance.”
—Doody’s Review Service
Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Motor Behavior
Chapter 1. Evolution of a Field of Study
Understanding Movement
Origins of the Field
Summary
Chapter 2. Methodology for Studying Motor Performance
Classification of Motor Skills
Basic Considerations in Measurement
Measuring Motor Behavior
Measuring and Evaluating Relationships
Reliability and Individual Differences
Summary
Chapter 3. Human Information Processing
Information-Processing Model
Three Stages of Information Processing
Anticipation
Signal-Detection Theory
Memory
Summary
Chapter 4. Attention and Performance
Types of Attention
Theories of Attention
Competition for Attention
Attention During Movement
Focus of Attention
Automaticity: The Constrained Action Hypothesis
Attention and Anxiety
Summary
Part II. Motor Control
Chapter 5. Sensory and Perceptual Contributions to Motor Control
Closed-Loop Control Systems
Vision
Audition
Proprioceptors
Proprioception and Motor Control
Feedforward Influences on Motor Control
Summary
Chapter 6. Central Contributors to Motor Control
Open-Loop Processes
Central Control Mechanisms
Central Control of Rapid Movements
Generalized Motor Programs
Summary
Chapter 7. Principles of Speed and Accuracy
Fitts’ Law: The Logarithmic Speed–Accuracy Trade-Off
Linear Speed–Accuracy Trade-Off (Schmidt’s Law)
Temporal Speed–Accuracy Trade-Off
Central Contributions to the Spatial Speed–Accuracy Trade-Off
Correction Models of the Speed–Accuracy Trade-Off
Summary
Chapter 8. Coordination
Discrete Tasks
Continuous Tasks
A Dynamical-Systems Account of Coordination
Summary
Part III. Motor Learning
Chapter 9. Motor Learning Concepts and Research Methods
Defining Motor Learning
Measuring Motor Learning
Designing Experiments on Learning
Using Alternative Methods to Measure Learning
Understanding Issues About the “Amount” of Learning
Understanding Learning and Performance Variables
Summary
Chapter 10. Conditions of Practice
Verbal information
Focus of Attention
Motivational Influences on Learning
Observational Learning
Mental Practice
Distribution of Practice
Variability of Practice
Contextual Interference
Guidance
Summary
Chapter 11. Augmented Feedback
Classifications and Definitions
Informational Functions of Feedback
Motivational Functions of Feedback
Attentional Focus Functions of Feedback
Theoretical Issues: How Does Augmented Feedback “Work”?
Summary
Chapter 12. The Learning Process
Stages of Motor Learning
Closed-Loop Theory
Schema Theory
Differing Theoretical Perspectives of Motor Learning
OPTIMAL Theory
Summary
Chapter 13. Retention and Transfer
Fundamental Distinctions and Definitions
Measuring Retention and Transfer
Retention and Motor Memory
Retention Loss
Transfer of Learning
Summary
