Progress in Motor Control: Skill Learning, Performance, Health, and Injury (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book 826)

This Volume Is The Most Recent Installment Of The Progress In Motor Control Series. It Contains Contributions Based On Presentations By Invited Speakers At The Progress In Motor Control Ix Meeting Held In At Mcgill University, Montreal, In July, 2013. Progress In Motor Control Is The Official Scientific Meeting Of The International Society Of Motor Control (ismc). The Progress In Motor Control Ixi Meeting, And Consequently This Volume, Provide A Broad Perspective On The Latest Research On Motor Control In Humans And Other Species-- Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Motor Control: On the Way to Physics of Living Systems....Pages 1-16 Motor Control and Position Sense: Action–Perception Coupling....Pages 17-31 Reconfiguration of the Electrical Properties of Motoneurons to Match the Diverse Demands of Motor Behavior....Pages 33-40 The Regulation of Limb Stiffness in the Context of Locomotor Tasks....Pages 41-54 Subcortical Visuomotor Control of Human Limb Movement....Pages 55-68 Rethinking the Role of Motor Simulation in Perceptual Decisions....Pages 69-90 Use of the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) Approach to Understand Motor Variability, Motor Equivalence, and Self-motion....Pages 91-100 Acquisition of Novel and Complex Motor Skills: Stable Solutions Where Intrinsic Noise Matters Less....Pages 101-124 The Dynamical Analysis of Inter-Trial Fluctuations Near Goal Equivalent Manifolds....Pages 125-145 Motor Control in Action: Using Dance to Explore the Intricate Choreography Between Action Perception and Production in the Human Brain....Pages 147-160 Apollo’s Curse: Causes and Cures of Motor Failures in Musicians: A Proposal for a New Classification....Pages 161-178 Motor Control and the Injured and Healthy Artist....Pages 179-204 Adaptations to Neck/Shoulder Fatigue and Injuries....Pages 205-228 Deficits in Spatial Threshold Control of Muscle Activation as a Window for Rehabilitation After Brain Injury....Pages 229-249 Enhancing Postural Stability and Adaptability in Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 251-276 Back Matter....Pages 277-286 "This volume is the most recent installment of the Progress in Motor Control series. It contains contributions based on presentations by invited speakers at the Progress in Motor Control IX meeting held at McGill University, Montreal, in July, 2013. Progress in Motor Control is the official scientific meeting of the International Society of Motor Control (ISMC). The Progress in Motor Control IX meeting, and consequently this volume, provide a broad perspective on the latest research on motor control in humans and other species"--Publisher's description