Progress in Motor Control Theories and Translations [Paperback]

This single volume brings together both theoretical developments in the field of motor control and their translation into such fields as movement disorders, motor rehabilitation, robotics, prosthetics, brain-machine interface, and skill learning.?Motor control has established itself as an area of scientific research characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach. Its goal is to promote cooperation and mutual understanding among researchers addressing different aspects of the complex phenomenon of motor coordination. Topics covered include recent theoretical advances from various fields, the neurophysiology of complex natural movements, the equilibrium-point hypothesis, motor learning of skilled behaviors, the effects of age, brain injury, or systemic disorders such as Parkinson's Disease, and brain-computer interfaces.

There will be six sections in the book:

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I. Theoretical Motor Control (dAvella, Kornysheva, Piovesan, Smeets, Sternad)

II. Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Motor Control?

(Carson, Hermsdorfer, Mayr, Perez)

III. Fifty Years of the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis

?(Feldman, Latash, Levin, McIntyre)

IV. Learning of Skilled Behavior?

(Altenm?ller, Scheidt, Torres)

V. Impaired Motor Control and Rehabilitation?

(Laczko, Gordon, Mushahwar, Rothwell)

VI. HumanMachine Interface?

(Ajiboye, Georgopoulos, Miller, Mussa-Ivaldi, van der Smagt)

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PRIMARY Authors of the Chapters:

? ?A. Bolu Ajiboye????????? ??????????? Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH? ? ??

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