Smyth / Wing Psychology of Human Movement

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8915-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 339 Seiten, Web PDF

Approx.339 pages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smyth, Mary M.

Wing, Alan W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Psychology of Human Movement
;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Contributors;10
6;Foreword;12
7;Preface;14
8;Chapter 1. Movement, Action and Skill
;18
8.1;1. Introduction;18
8.2;2. Describing and Understanding Movement;19
8.3;3. Movement and Skill in Psychology
;23
8.4;4. Movement, Action and Information Processing;27
8.5;5. The Rest of This Book;29
9;Chapter 2. Physiology of Motor Control
;34
9.1;1. Introduction;34
9.2;2. Building Blocks of the Nervous System;35
9.3;3. Spinal Mechanisms;39
9.4;4. Supraspinal Mechanisms;48
9.5;5. Interactions between Components of the Motor System;58
9.6;6. Conclusion;62
10;Chapter 3. Planning and Controlling Simple Movements
;64
10.1;1. Introduction
;64
10.2;2. Categories of Movement
;67
10.3;3. Fitts's Law;71
10.4;4. Sources of Information in the Control of Movement;74
10.5;5. Theories of Motor Control;77
10.6;6. Motor Programs;78
10.7;7. Feedback Control;90
10.8;8. Movement Variation and Schema Theory;94
10.9;9. Conclusion;98
11;Chapter 4. Memory for Movements
;100
11.1;1. Introduction;100
11.2;2. The Short-Term Motor-Memory Paradigm;101
11.3;3. Measuring Memory for Simple Movements
;104
11.4;4. Memory for Constrained Movements;107
11.5;Interference in Memory;113
11.6;Active, Passive and Self-Selected Movements;116
11.7;Sight and Feel in Memory for Movement;123
11.8;Vision and Subject Control
;127
11.9;Context in Memory for Movement;130
11.10;Conclusion;132
12;Chapter 5. Perception and Action
;136
12.1;1. Introduction
;136
12.2;2. Types of Perceptual Input;137
12.3;3. How Many Visual Systems?;139
12.4;4. Orientation to the World: Balance and Posture
;144
12.5;5. Perception and Feedback
;148
12.6;6. Skilled Perception;159
12.7;7. Perceptual Schemas;164
12.8;8. Conclusion;168
13;Chapter 6. The Sequencing of Movements
;170
13.1;1. Introduction;170
13.2;2. Feedback in Sequencing Movements;171
13.3;3. Parameters in the Motor Program
;173
13.4;4. Levels of Representation of Movement Sequences;180
13.5;5. Errors in Movement Sequences;187
13.6;6. Conclusion;197
14;Chapter 7. Doing Two Things at Once: Process Limitations and Interactions
;200
14.1;Introduction;200
14.2;Experimental Methods;201
14.3;Theoretical Approaches to Dual-Task Performance;209
14.4;The Use of Dual-Task Methodology in the Analysis of Movement Control
;219
14.5;Levels of Interference;228
14.6;Conclusion;230
15;Chapter 8. The Acquisition of Skill
;232
15.1;1. Introduction;232
15.2;2. Stages in Skill Acquisition;235
15.3;3. Theoretical Accounts of the Learning Process;243
15.4;4. Coordinative Structures and Transfer;247
15.5;5. Practice
;249
15.6;6. Conclusion;256
16;Chapter 9. The Development of Movement Control;258
16.1;1. Introduction;258
16.2;2. Myelination;259
16.3;3. The Developmental Sequence in the First Year;261
16.4;4. Reaching;269
16.5;5. Conclusion;283
17;Chapter 10. Disorders of Movement;286
17.1;1. Introduction;286
17.2;2. Pathological Changes in the CNS;287
17.3;3. Clinical Assessment of Movement;293
17.4;4. Empirical Studies of Motor Disorders;299
17.5;5. Conscious Representation of Goal-Directed Action;308
17.6;6. Conclusion;312
18;Afterword;314
19;Glossary;320
20;References;324
21;Author Index;344
22;Subject Index;352