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Título del libro: Motor Behavior And Control: New Research
Título del capítulo: Coordination thermodynamics: Theory and applications

Autores UNAM:
DOBROMIR GEORGIEV DOTOV;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Palabras clave:

Motor coordination; Synchronization; Thermodynamics; Uni-manual movements


Resumen:

Human motor behavior frequently requires a large degree of coordination. Catching requires motor coordination with an environmental stimulus. Walking and stair climbing requires inter-limb coordination. Motor activities in groups of people such as team sports activities require between-persons coordination of movements. The deterministic laws of human motor coordination have been successfully described in terms of dynamical systems. In contrast, the formulation of thermodynamic laws of motor coordination is still a challenge for modern day science. The reason for this is that a general thermodynamic theory for non-equilibrium systems such as human motor control systems is not available. In order to address this problem, it has recently been suggested to consider stochastic descriptions of human motor coordination that are grounded in linear non-equilibriumthermodynamics. Two special cases are the socalled canonical-dissipative approach to uni-manual motor control problems (Frank, Dotov, Turvey, 2010; Dotov and Frank, 2011) and the mean field theoretical approach to motor coordination in groups (Frank, Richardson, 2010; Richardson et al., 2012). The general theoretical framework of a theory of coordination thermodynamics is outlined. In addition, the coordination thermodynamical perspective is illustrated for two experimental studies on single person motor coordination and between-persons motor coordination of groups. © 2013 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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