Assignment One

Schmidt, R.A. and Lee, T.D. Human Information Processing  - Chapter 3 in Motor Control and Learning - A Behavioral Emphasis

Schmidt, R.A. and Lee, T.D. Central Contributions to Motor Control - Chapter 6 in Motor Control and Learning - A Behavioral Emphasis

Assignment Two

Gibson, J.J. The Mechanism of Perception - in Great Scientific Experiments - Twenty Experiments that Changed Our View of the World - Harre, R. ed.

Contrasting Views of Perception

Stoffregen, T.A. Multiple Sources of information for what? International Society for Ecological Psychology Newsletter, 4 - 5-8, 1990.

Assignment Three

Bongaardt, R., and Meijer, O.G. Bernstein's Theory of Movement Behavior:  Historical Development and Contemporary Relevance.  Journal of Motor Behavior, 32, 57-71, 2000

Turvey, M.T., Fitch, H.L., Tuller, B. The Bernstein Perspective: I. The problems of degrees of freedom and context-conditioned variability - Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction, Kelso, J.A.S. ed.

Tuller, B., Turvey, M.T., Fitch, H.L. The Bernstein Perspective: II. The concept of muscle linkage or coordinative structure - Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction, Kelso, J.A.S. ed.

Fitch, H.L., Tuller, B., Turvey, M.T. The Bernstein Perspective: III. Tuning of coordinative structures with special reference to perception - Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction, Kelso, J.A.S. ed.

Assignment Four

Reed, E. D. Applying the Theory of Action Systems to the Study of Motor Skills - Complex Movement Behavior:  The motor-action controversy - Meijer, O.G. and Roth, K. eds.

Turvey, M.T. and Kugler, P.N. An ecological approach to perception and action - Human Motor Actions - Bernstein Reassessed

Assignment Five

Newell, K.M.  Coordination, Control and Skill - Differing Perspectives in Motor Learning, Memory, and Control - Goodman, D, Wilberg, R.B., and Franks, I.M. eds.

Newell, K.M. Constraints on the Development of Coordination - Motor Development in Children: Aspects of Coordination and Control - Wade, M.G. and Whiting, H.T.A. eds.

Thelen, E.  Evolving and Dissolving synergies in the Development of Leg Coordination - Perspectives on Coordination of Movement - Wallace, S.A. ed.

Assigment Six

McGinnis, P.M. and Newell, K.M.  Topological Dynamics: A Framework for Describing Movement and Its Constraints - Human Movement Science, 1: 289-305, 1982.

Newell, K.M. and McGinnis, P.M.  Kinematic Information Feedback for Skilled Performance - Human Learning, 4, 39-56, 1985.

Assignment Seven

Thelen, E.  Evolving and Dissolving synergies in the Development of Leg Coordination - Perspectives on Coordination of Movement - Wallace, S.A. ed.

Newell, K.M. and Vaillancourt, D.E.  Dimensional change in motor learning -  Human Movement Science, 20, 695-715, 2001.

Assignment Eight

Kurz, M.J. and Stergiou, N.  Applied Dynamic Systems Theory for the Analysis of Movement - Innovative Analyses of Human Movement - Stergiou, N. ed.

Stergiou, N., Buzzi, U.H., Kurz, M.J. and Heidel, J.  Nonlinear Tools in Human Movement - Innovative Analyses of Human Movement - Stergiou, N. ed.

Selected internet material

Assignment Nine

Bates, B.T., James, C.R., and Dufek, J.S.  Single-Subject Analysis - Innovative Analyses of Human Movement - Stergiou, N. ed.

Cooke, J.D. and Brown, S.H.  Science and Statistics in Motor Physiology - Journal of Motor Behavior, 17: 489-492, 1985.

Assignment Ten

Cool demonstrations 

What is Chaos?  - Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems

Dynamics of the Standard Map  - Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems

Chaos and Time Series Analysis - thanks to J. C. Sprott at the University of Wisconsin Madison

Popular lectures in Chaos - thanks to J. C. Sprott at the University of Wisconsin Madison

Music of the Heart - we are jamm'in now!

Assignment Eleven

Adkin, A.L., Frank, J.S., Carpenter, M.G. and Peysar, G.W.   Postural Control is Scaled to Level of Postural Threat - Gait and Posture, 12: 87-93, 2000.

Carpenter, M.G., Frank, J.S., Silcher, C.P., and Peysar, G.W.  Then Influence of Postural Threat on the Control of Upright Stance - Experimental Brain Research, 138: 210-218, 2001.

Adkin, A.L., Frank, J.S., Carpenter, M.G. and Peysar, G.W.  Fear of Falling Modifies Anticipatory Postural Control - Experimental Brain Research, 143: 160-170, 2002.