In praise of false models and rich data

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 343-349

  Fernandes, Hugo L ^a,b   Kording, Konrad P ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; falsifiability; motor control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; NEUROSCIENCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 78649495297     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2010.526462     Document Type: Article

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