Sensorimotor Control and Learning - An Introduction to the Behavioral Neuroscience of Action

Informationen zum Autor James Tresilian is Professor of Psychology at Warwick University, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive introduction for undergraduate students, Sensorimotor Control and Learning is a landmark book in the growing multidisciplinary area of human movement science that integrates findings from neuroscience, kinesiology and psychology to present a state-of-the-art account of how humans carry out goal-directed actions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tresilian, James Tresilian, Tresilian James
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9780230371057
• ISBN: 978-0-230-37105-7
• No. of pages: 912
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Behavioral Science and Psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, cognitive psychology