| The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy). | |
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PMID: 22246105 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Motor control is an area of natural science exploring how the nervous system interacts with other body parts and the environment to produce purposeful, coordinated actions. A central problem of motor control-the problem of motor redundancy-was formulated by Nikolai Bernstein as the problem of elimination of redundant degrees-of-freedom. Traditionally, this problem has been addressed using optimization methods based on a variety of cost functions. This review draws attention to a body of recent findings suggesting that the problem has been formulated incorrectly. An alternative view has been suggested as the principle of abundance, which considers the apparently redundant degrees-of-freedom as useful and even vital for many aspects of motor behavior. Over the past 10 years, dozens of publications have provided support for this view based on the ideas of synergic control, computational apparatus of the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis, and the equilibrium-point (referent configuration) hypothesis. In particular, large amounts of "good variance"-variance in the space of elements that has no effect on the overall performance-have been documented across a variety of natural actions. "Good variance" helps an abundant system to deal with secondary tasks and unexpected perturbations; its amount shows adaptive modulation across a variety of conditions. These data support the view that there is no problem of motor redundancy; there is bliss of motor abundance. |
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Mark L Latash |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-14 |
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Title: Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Experimentation cerebrale Volume: - ISSN: 1432-1106 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0043312 Medline TA: Exp Brain Res Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Rec.Hall-267, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, mll11@psu.edu. |
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