Individual differences and similarities in the stability, timing consistency, and natural frequency of rhythmic coordinated actions

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-21

  Getchell, Nancy ^a   Forrester, Larry ^b   Whitall, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Common processes; Coordination; Task specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035294003     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2001.10608927     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Baumgartner, T. A. (1989). Norm-referenced measurement: Reliability. In M. J. Safrit and T. M. Wood (Eds.) Measurement concepts in physical education and exercise science (pp. 45–72). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
2. Collyer, C. E., Broadbent, H. A., & Church, R. M. (1990, June). Preferred rates of repetitive tapping are not strongly determined by physical dynamics. Paper presented at a meeting of the American Psychological Society, Dallas, TX.
3. Fleishman, E. A. (1964). The structure and measurement of physical fitness. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
4. Fleishman, E. A. (1967). Individual differences and motor learning. In R. M. Gagne (Ed.), Learning and individual differences (pp. 165–191). Columbus, OH: Merrill.
5. Fleishman, E. A. & Hempel, W. E. (1956). Factorial analysis of complex psychomotor performance and related skills. Journal of Applied Psychology, 40, 96–104.
6. Franz, E., Zelaznik, H., and Smith, A (1992). Evidence of common timing processes in the control of manual, orofacial and speech movements. Journal of Motor Behavior, 24,281–287.
7. Henry F. M. (1960). Factorial structure of speed and static strength in a lateral arm movement. Research Quarterly, 31,440–447.
8. Henry, F. M. (1968). Specificity vs. generality in learning motor skill. In R. C. Brown & G. S. Kenyon (Eds.), Classical studies on physical activity (pp. 331–340). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. (Henry, 1958).
9. Holt, K. G., Hamill, J., & Andres, R. O. (1990). The force-driven harmonic oscillator as a model for human locomotion. Human Movement Science, 9, 55–68.
10. Kay, B. A., Kelso, J. A. S., Saltzman, E. L., & Schöner, G. (1987) Space-time behavior of single and bimanual rhythmical movements: Data and limit cycle model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 13,178–192.
11. Keele, S. W., & Hawkins, H. L. (1982). Explorations of individual differences relevant to high level skill. Journal of Motor Behavior, 14,2–23.
12. Keele, S. W., & Ivry, R. I. (1987). Modular analysis of timing in motor skill. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory 21 (pp 183–228). New York: Academic Press.
13. Keele, S. W., Ivry, R. I., & Pokomy, R. A. (1987). Force control and its relation to timing. Journal of Motor Behavior, 19,96–114.
14. Keele, S. W., Pokomy, R. A., Corcos, D. M., & Ivry, R. I. (1985). Do perception and motor production share common timing mechanisms: A correlational analysis. Acta Psychologia, 60,173–191.
15. Kelso, J. A. S. (1995). Dynamic patterns of coordination. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
16. Kelso, J. A. S., & Jeka, J. J. (1992). Symmetry breaking dynamics of human multilimb coordination. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 645–668.
17. Kelso, J. A. S., Southard, D. L., & Goodman, D. (1979). On the nature of human interlimb coordination. Science, 203,1029–1031.
18. Kugler, P. N., & Turvey, M. T. (1987). Information, natural law and the self-assembly of rhythmic movement. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
19. Robertson, D., Zelaznik, H. N., Lantero, D. A., Gadacz, K. E., Spencer, R. M., DofFin, J. G., & Schneidt, T. (1999). Correlations for timing consistency among tapping and drawing tasks: Evidence against a single timing process for motor control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 25,1316–1330.
20. Schmidt, R. A., & Lee, T., (1999). Motor control and learning (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
21. Schöner, G. (1994). From interlimb coordination to trajectory formation. In S. Swinnen, H. Heuer, J. Massion, & P. Casaer (Eds.), Interlimb coordination neural, dynamical and cognitive constraints (pp.339–371). New York: Academic Press.
22. Serrien, D.J., & Swinnen, S. P. (1997). Coordination constraints induced by effector combination under isofrequency and multifrequency conditions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1493–1510.
23. Swinnen, S., Walter, C. B., & Shapiro, D. C. (1988). The coordination of limb movements with different kinematic patterns. Brain and Cognition, 8, 326–347.
24. Turvey, M. T. (1977). Preliminaries to a theory of action with reference to vision. In R. E. S. J. Bransford (Ed.), Perceiving acting and knowing (pp.211–265). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
25. Turvey, M. T. (1990). Coordination. American Psychologist, 45, 938–953.
26. Whitall, J., Forrester, L., & Song, S. (1999).Dual-fingerpreferred-speed tapping: Effects of coordination mode and anatomical finger/limb pairings. Journal of Motor Behavior, 31, 325–340.