Uniqueness of human running coordination: The integration of modern and ancient evolutionary innovations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Kiely, John ^a,b   Collins, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IRISH RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bio tensegrity; Evolution; Practice driven plasticity; Preflexes; Reflexes; Sensoriomotor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974603664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00262     Document Type: Short Survey

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