Is dynamics the content of a generalized motor program for rhythmic interlimb coordination? Export

@article{citeulike:5281103, abstract = {In 3 experiments, the author tested the hypothesis that coordination dynamics is the content of a generalized motor program (GMP) for rhythmic interlimb coordination. In Experiment 1, learners (N = 14) practiced a -90 degrees movement with either identically timed or differently timed limbs. Both acquisition and transfer to novel (effector and pattern) timings were unaffected by the learning condition and were suggestive of the intrinsic dynamics for in-phase and antiphase. In Experiment 2, learners' (N = 13) acquisition of 2 different phase relations (-90 degrees and -45 degrees) was qualitatively identical. Attractor reconstruction revealed an increase in the predictability of individual movement trajectories and a decrease in attractor dimensionality over learning. Transfer for both -90 degrees and -45 degrees was again suggestive of the intrinsic dynamics. In Experiment 3, learning altered participants' (N = 8) performance of in-phase and antiphase relations. Together, the results suggested a single continuum of phase relations, called an attractor landscape, that produces similar patterns of CE and VE for both previously stable and learned coordinations.}, author = {Amazeen, P. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {5281103}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19260175}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19260175}, issn = {0022-2895}, journal = {Journal of motor behavior}, keywords = {coordination, dynamics, gmp, motor}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {233--251}, posted-at = {2009-07-27 13:25:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Is dynamics the content of a generalized motor program for rhythmic interlimb coordination?}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19260175}, volume = {34}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5281103 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5281103 N2 - In 3 experiments, the author tested the hypothesis that coordination dynamics is the content of a generalized motor program (GMP) for rhythmic interlimb coordination. In Experiment 1, learners (N = 14) practiced a -90 degrees movement with either identically timed or differently timed limbs. Both acquisition and transfer to novel (effector and pattern) timings were unaffected by the learning condition and were suggestive of the intrinsic dynamics for in-phase and antiphase. In Experiment 2, learners' (N = 13) acquisition of 2 different phase relations (-90 degrees and -45 degrees) was qualitatively identical. Attractor reconstruction revealed an increase in the predictability of individual movement trajectories and a decrease in attractor dimensionality over learning. Transfer for both -90 degrees and -45 degrees was again suggestive of the intrinsic dynamics. In Experiment 3, learning altered participants' (N = 8) performance of in-phase and antiphase relations. Together, the results suggested a single continuum of phase relations, called an attractor landscape, that produces similar patterns of CE and VE for both previously stable and learned coordinations. IS - 3 JF - Journal of motor behavior SN - 0022-2895 EP - 251 TI - Is dynamics the content of a generalized motor program for rhythmic interlimb coordination? VL - 34 SP - 233 KW - coordination KW - dynamics KW - gmp KW - motor AU - Amazeen, PG PY - 2002/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19260175 ER -