James Tresilian

Sensorimotor Control and Learning

An Introduction to the Behavioral Neuroscience of Action

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive introduction for undergraduate students. Principals of Sensorimotor Control and Learning presents an integrated picture of sensorimotor behaviour. It provides integrated coverage of: brain and behaviour, perception and action, theory and experiment, performance (kinematics and kinetics of behaviour) and outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 912
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 215mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 2194g
• ISBN-13: 9780230371057
• ISBN-10: 0230371051
• Artikelnr.: 35308147

Autorenporträt

James Tresilian

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS.- Motor Behavior and Control.- Neuromechanical Foundations.- Sensorimotor Foundations.- Visuomotor Foundations.- PART II: SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL.- Stimulus-Elicited Behavior.- Reflex Circuitry and Voluntary Motor Control.- Spatial Orientation and Postural Control.- Locomotion on Legs.- Getting Around: Visual Control of Locomotor Manoeuvres.- Staying on Track.- Programs and Pattern Generation.- Aiming to be Accurate.- Sequences and Series.- PART III: SENSORIMOTOR LEARNING.- Learning: Process and Mechanism.- Adaptation and Acquisition.