Intermediate motor learning as decreasing active (dynamical) degrees of freedom

Human Movement Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-65

  Mitra, Suvobrata ^a   Amazeen, Polemnia G ^b   Turvey, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaos; Coordination dynamics; Coordinative structures; Degrees of freedom problem; Dynamical systems; Equilibrium point hypothesis; Learning; Phase space reconstruction; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031610071     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(97)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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