A neural mechanism of synergy formation for whole body reaching

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Morasso, Pietro ^a,b,c   Casadio, Maura ^a,b   Mohan, Vishwanathan ^a   Zenzeri, Jacopo ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibrium point hypothesis; Passive motion paradigm; Synergy formation; Whole body reaching

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COORDINATED MOVEMENT; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; EQUILIBRIUM POINT HYPOTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MOTOR IMAGERY; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; NEURAL MECHANISMS; PASSIVE MOTION; ROTATION PATTERN; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TERMINAL ATTRACTORS; UPPER LIMBS; WHOLE BODY;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MOTORS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 73849091938     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-009-0349-y     Document Type: Article

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