Motor Control and Learning

Part I. Introduction to Motor Behavior Chapter 1. Evolution of a Field of Study Understanding Movement Origins of the Field Summary Chapter 2. Methodology for Studying Motor Performance Classification of Motor Skills Basic Considerations in Measurement Measuring Motor Behavior Measuring and Evaluating Relationships Reliability and Individual Differences Summary Chapter 3. Human Information Processing Information-Processing Model Three Stages of Information Processing Anticipation Signal-Detection Theory Memory Summary Chapter 4. Attention and Performance Types of Attention Theories of Attention Competition for Attention Attention During Movement Focus of Attention Automaticity: The Constrained Action Hypothesis Attention and Anxiety Summary Part II. Motor Control Chapter 5. Sensory and Perceptual Contributions to Motor Control Closed-Loop Control Systems Vision Audition Proprioceptors Proprioception and Motor Control Feedforward Influences on Motor Control Summary Chapter 6. Central Contributors to Motor Control Open-Loop Processes Central Control Mechanisms Central Control of Rapid Movements Generalized Motor Programs Summary Chapter 7. Principles of Speed and Accuracy Fitts' Law: The Logarithmic Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off Linear Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off (Schmidt's Law) Temporal Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off Central Contributions to the Spatial Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off Correction Models of the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off Summary Chapter 8. Coordination Discrete Tasks Continuous Tasks A Dynamical-Systems Account of Coordination Summary Part III. Motor Learning Chapter 9. Motor Learning Concepts and Research Methods Defining Motor Learning Measuring Motor Learning Designing Experiments on Learning Using Alternative Methods to Measure Learning Understanding Issues About the "Amount" of Learning Understanding Learning and Performance Variables Summary Chapter 10. Conditions of Practice Verbal information Focus of Attention Motivational Influences on Learning Observational Learning Mental Practice Distribution of Practice Variability of Practice Contextual Interference Guidance Summary Chapter 11. Augmented Feedback Classifications and Definitions Informational Functions of Feedback Motivational Functions of Feedback Attentional Focus Functions of Feedback Theoretical Issues: How Does Augmented Feedback "Work"? Summary Chapter 12. The Learning Process Stages of Motor Learning Closed-Loop Theory Schema Theory Differing Theoretical Perspectives of Motor Learning OPTIMAL Theory Summary Chapter 13. Retention and Transfer Fundamental Distinctions and Definitions Measuring Retention and Transfer Retention and Motor Memory Retention Loss Transfer of Learning Summary