Interlimb Coordination - Neural, Dynamical and Cognitive Constraints (Hardcover)

This comprehensive treatise discusses the neurological, physiological and cognitive aspects of interlimb co-ordination. It promotes a multidisciplinary perspective through introductory chapter contributions from experts in the neurosciences, experimental and developmental psychology, and kinesiology. Beginning with chapters defining the neural basis of interlimb co-ordination in animals, the book progresses toward an understanding of human locomotion contol and co-ordination and the underlying brain structures and nerves that make such control possible. Section Two focuses on the dynamics of interlimb co-ordination and the physics of movement. The final section presents information on how practice and experience affect co-ordination, including general skill acquisition, learning to walk and the process involved in rhythmic tapping.