Evidence for the flexible sensorimotor strategies predicted by optimal feedback control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 9354-9368

  Liu, Dan ^a   Todorov, Emanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Behavioral flexibility; Composite cost; Obstacle avoidance; Optimal feedback control; Stability accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548410555     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1110-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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