Coordination of degrees of freedom and stabilization of task variables in a complex motor skill: Expertise-related differences in cello bowing

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-334

  Verrel, Julius ^a   Pologe, Steven ^b   Manselle, Wayne ^b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cello; Coordination; Degrees of freedom; Expertise; Motor skill; Music performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CELLO BOWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHOULDER; TEACHING; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84873723402     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3314-2     Document Type: Article

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