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Complex movement behaviour : the motor-action controversy /

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The major focus of this book is on the differences between ecological approaches to action (`action theories'), and theories on motor control and learning couched in terms of information processing (`motor theories'). Proponents of both approaches express their views in Part 1 and the diff...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Meijer, Onno G., 1947-, Roth, Klaus, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1988.
Series:Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 50.
Subjects:
Movement, Psychology of > Philosophy.
Movement, Psychology of > Methodology.
Motor ability.
Motor Activity
Motor Skills
Psychomotricité > Philosophie.
Psychomotricité > Méthodologie.
Activité motrice.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Motor ability
Movement, Psychology of > Methodology
Movement, Psychology of > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The major focus of this book is on the differences between ecological approaches to action (`action theories'), and theories on motor control and learning couched in terms of information processing (`motor theories'). Proponents of both approaches express their views in Part 1 and the differences between the approaches are further analysed. Part 2 presents empirical studies, while in Part 3, methodological, philosophical and scientific implications are discussed and the possibility of a solution is considered.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 584 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780080867045
0080867049