Spring 2001 EXCSCI 897V
Special Topics Seminar
Bernstein's Contributions to Motor Control

Instructors: R.E.A. Van Emmerik & M.T. Rosenstein

Dates: Mondays 2:15-5pm (Totman, room 131B)

Course Contents

I Historical Perspectives
[1] I. M. Feigenberg and L. P. Latash. N. A. Bernstein: The reformer of neuroscience. In M. L. Latash and M. T. Turvey, editors, Dexterity and Its Development, pages 247-275. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
[2] Rob Bongaardt and Onno G. Meijer. Bernstein's theory of movement behavior: Historical development and contemporary relevance. Journal of Motor Behavior, 32(1):57-71, 2000.
[3] Victor S. Gurfinkel and Paul J. Cordo. The scientific legacy of Nikolai Bernstein. In Mark L. Latash, editor, Progress in Motor Control: Bernstein's Traditions in Movement Studies, pages 1-19. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1998.
II Cybernetics
[4] J. A. Adams. A closed-loop theory of motor learning. Journal of Motor Behavior, 3(2):111-150, 1971.
[5] Jack A. Adams. Theoretical issues for knowledge of results. In George E. Stelmach, editor, Information Processing In Motor Control and Learning, pages 229-240. Academic Press, New York, 1978.
[6] J. M. Flach. Control with an eye for perception: precursors to an active psychophysics. Ecological Psychology, 2:83-111, 1990.
III Generalized Motor Program
[7] Richard W. Pew. Acquisition of hierarchical control over the temporal organization of a skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(5):764-771, 1966.
[8] Steven W. Keele. Movement control in skilled motor performance. Psychological Bulletin, 70(6):387-403, 1968.
[9] Richard A. Schmidt. A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning. Psychological Review, 82(4):225-260, 1975.
[10] Richard A. Schmidt, Herbert Heuer, Dina Ghodsian, and Douglas E. Young. Generalized motor programs and units of action in bimanual coordination. In Mark L. Latash, editor, Progress in Motor Control: Bernstein's Traditions in Movement Studies, pages 329-360. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1998.
IV Bernstein (Coordination & Dexterity)
[11] Nikolai A. Bernstein. The Co-ordination and Regulation of Movements, ch. II & IV. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1967.
[12] N. A. Bernstein. On dexterity and its development. In M. L. Latash and M. T. Turvey, editors, Dexterity and Its Development, pages 3-44. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
V Synergies and Degrees of Freedom
[13] M. L. Latash. The Bernstein problem: how does the nervous system make its choices? In M. L. Latash and M. T. Turvey, editors, Dexterity and Its Development, pages 277-303. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
[14] Y. M. Kots and A. V. Syrovegin. Fixed set of variants of interaction of the muscles of two joints used in the execution of simple voluntary movements. Biophysics, 11:1212-1219, 1966.
[15] Peter H. Greene. Problems of organization of motor systems. In R. Rosen and F. M. Snell, editors, Progress In Theoretical Biology, volume 2, pages 303-338. Academic Press, New York, 1972.
[16] Peter H. Greene. Why is it easy to control your arms? Journal of Motor Behavior, 14(4):260-286, 1982.
[17] Michael T. Turvey and Claudia Carello. Dynamics of Bernstein's level of synergies. In M. L. Latash and M. T. Turvey, editors, Dexterity and Its Development, pages 339-376. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
[18] G. J. van Ingen Schenau and A. J. van Soest. On the biomechanical basis of dexterity. In M. L. Latash and M. T. Turvey, editors, Dexterity and Its Development, pages 305-338. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
VI Action Systems and Self-Organization
[19] E. S. Reed. An outline of a theory of action systems. Journal of Motor Behavior, 14:98-134, 1982.
[20] P. N. Kugler, R. E. Shaw, K. J. Vicente, and J. Kinsella-Shaw. Inquiry into intentional systems I: issues in ecological physics. Psychological Research, 52:98-121, 1990.
VII Equilibrium Point Hypothesis
[21] A. G. Feldman. Once more on the equilibrium-point hypothesis (lambda model) for motor control. Journal of Motor Behavior, 18:17-54, 1986.
[22] M. L. Latash. What muscle parameters are controlled by the nervous system? In M. L. Latash, editor, Control of Human Movement, pages 1-48. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1993.
[23] E. Bizzi, N. Hogan, F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi, and S. Giszter. Does the nervous system use equilibrium-point control to guide single and multiple joint movements? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 15:601-613, 1992.
[24] Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi and Simon Giszter. Vector field approximation: a computational paradigm for motor control and learning. Biological Cybernetics, 67:491-500, 1992.
[25] Anatol G. Feldman. Spatial frames of reference for motor control. In Mark L. Latash, editor, Progress in Motor Control: Bernstein's Traditions in Movement Studies, pages 289-314. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1998.
VIII Learning and Development
[26] K. M. Newell, P. N. Kugler, R. E. A. van Emmerik, and P. V. McDonald. Search strategies and the acquisition of coordination. In S. A. Wallace, editor, Perspectives on the Coordination of Movement, pages 85-122. Elsevier Science B.V., North-Holland, 1989.
[27] Olaf Sporns and Gerald M. Edelman. Solving Bernstein's problem: a proposal for the development of coordinated movement by selection. Child Development, 64(4):960-981, 1993.
[28] Esther Thelen. Bernstein's legacy for motor development. In Mark L. Latash, editor, Progress in Motor Control: Bernstein's Traditions in Movement Studies, pages 267-288. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1998.
IX Computational Approaches
[29] Geoffrey Hinton. Parallel computations for controlling an arm. Journal of Motor Behavior, 16:171-194, 1984.
[30] M. I. Jordan. Motor learning and the degrees of freedom problem. In M. Jeannerod, editor, Attention and Performance, volume 13, pages 796-836. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, 1990.
[31] P. M. Churchland. On the nature of explanation: a PDP approach. Physica D, 42:281-292, 1990.
X Modern Perspectives
[32] G. J. van Ingen Schenau, A. J. van Soest, F. J. M. Gabreels, and M. W. I. M. Horstink. The control of multi-joint movements relies on detailed internal representations. Human Movement Science, 14(4-5):511-538, 1995.
[33] A. J. van Soest and G. J. van Ingen Schenau. How are explosive movements controlled? In Mark L. Latash, editor, Progress in Motor Control: Bernstein's Traditions in Movement Studies, pages 361-388. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1998.
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