A Distributed Processing View of Human Motor Control

This chapter has three purposes: (1) to provide a selective review and overview of current issues in motor control;(2) to argue for use of the metaphor of a distributed processing system in connection with motor control; (3) to encourage the reader to consider what does not need to be explained by the integration of cognition and motor theory because it has an adequate representation already either in terms of known neuromotor control or biomechanics. In the course of developing these themes, the chapter will introduce a new perspective on the concept of a motor program.

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