The most exciting hypothesis in cognitive science right now is the theory that cognition is
embodied. Like all good ideas in cognitive science, however, embodiment immediately …

Intercepting and avoiding collisions with moving objects are fundamental skills in daily life.
Anticipatory behavior is required because of significant delays in transforming sensory …

This is an upper-level undergraduate or graduate textbook for courses in human movement
and skill acquisition. A professional reference for movement practitioners and scientists …

Walking is generally viewed as an automated, over-learned, rhythmic motor task and may
even be considered the lower-limb analog of rhythmic finger tapping, another automated …

Many authors have alluded to the idea that Milner and Goodale's (1995) distinction between
a ventral system for perception and a dorsal system for action is directly relevant for the …

Researchers studying adaptive behavior in human movement systems have traditionally
employed simplified, laboratory-based movement models in an effort to conserve …

Tasks such as steering, braking, and intercepting moving objects constitute a class of
behaviors, known as visually guided actions, which are typically carried out under …

Two general approaches to the visual control of action have emerged in last few decades,
known as the on-line and model-based approaches. The key difference between them is …

Movement organization of cricket batters' actions was analyzed under three distinct
experimental task constraints: a representative condition of a practice context in which the …

The ecological constraints of practice have a significant effect on the acquisition of functional
information–movement couplings and learners need to converge on information-specifying …