Dexterity and Its Development

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Contents: Preface. N.A. Bernstein, Part I: On Dexterity and Its Development. Introduction. What Is Dexterity? On Motor Control. On the Origin of Movements. On the Construction of Movements. Levels of Construction of Movements. On Exercise and Motor Skill. Dexterity and Its Features. From the Author. Part II: Commentaries.I.M. Feigenberg, L.P. Latash, N.A. Bernstein: The Reformer of Neuroscience. M.L. Latash, The Bernstein Problem: How Does the Central Nervous System Make Its Choices? G.J. van Ingen Schenau, A.J. van Soest, On the Biomechanical Basis of Dexterity. M.T. Turvey, C. Carello, Dynamics of Bernstein's Level of Synergies. P.J. Beek, A.A.M. van Santvoord, Dexterity in Cascade Juggling. K.M. Newell, Change in Movement and Skill: Learning, Retention, and Transfer. E.S. Reed, B. Bril, The Primacy of Action in Development.

About the author

Nicholai A. Bernstein, Mark L. Latash, Michael T. Turvey

Summary

Divided into two parts, this text includes a translation of Bernstein's work on dexterity and development related to his ideas on the development and control of voluntary movements and notions of dexterity. The second section provides an historical and contemporary perspective on Bernstein's ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholai A. Bernstein, Bernstein Nicholai A., Mark L. Latash, Michael T. Turvey
• Assisted by: Nicholai A. Bernstein (Editor), Mark L. Latash (Editor), Latash Mark L. (Editor), Michael T. Turvey (Editor), Turvey Michael T. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1996
• EAN: 9780805816464
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-1646-4
• No. of pages: 470
• Weight: 907 g
• Series: Resources for Ecological Psychology Series
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