Bernstein's Construction of Movements

The Original Text and Commentaries
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-41892-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 177 mm, Gewicht: 718 g

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bernstein was one of the great neuroscientists of the twentieth century and highly respected by Western scientists even though most have never read his most important book entitled On the Construction of Movements. Bernstein's Construction of Movements: The Original Text and Commentaries is the first English translation. It supplements the translated text with a series of commentaries by scientists who knew Bernstein personally, as well as leaders in related fields including physics, motor control, and biomechanics.

While written in 1947, Bernstein’s book is anything but obsolete, making this English translation and accompanying commentaries an invaluable text. The translated original text presents in detail Bernstein’s views on the evolutionary history of biological movement and his multi-level hierarchical scheme of the construction of movements in higher animals, including humans. The following commentaries address Bernstein’s personality, the history of the book, and current views on different aspects of neuroscience covered in Bernstein’s text. Ultimately, they present "a book within the book" to showcase how Bernstein’s heritage has developed over the past years.

This classic, available for the first time to an English-speaking audience, will prove beneficial to students, instructors, and experts of neuroscience, physics, neurophysiology, motor control, motor rehabilitation, biomechanics, dynamical systems, and related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Latash, Mark L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Humanistische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface by the Editor/Translator PART ONE: On the Construction of Movements (N. A. Bernstein, translated by M. L. Latash) PART TWO: Commentaries 1. Talis V. L. 2. Mirsky M. 3. Nadin M. 4. Feldman A. G. 5. Levin M. F. 6. Prilutsky B. I., Zatsiorsky V. M. 7. Georgopoulos A.P. 8. Rothwell J.C. 9. Lacquaniti F., Ivanenko Y. I. 10. Profeta V. L. S., Carello C., Turvey M. T. 11. Newell K. M., Liu Y. T. 12. Schöner G. 13. Latash M. L.

Über Autor(innen)

Mark L. Latash was trained in physics of living systems and neurophysiology. He has been working in the fields of motor control and movement disorders, published over 400 papers, six books, and ten edited volumes. He is a recipient of the Bernstein Prize from the International Society of Motor Control.