Redundancy of the motor control system is an important feature that gives the central control
structures options for solving everyday motor problems. The choice of particular control …

The motor deficits observed in patients following some lesions of the central nervous system
may be viewed as falling at one extreme of the continuum of possible motor behaviours …

Developmental “movement disorders” and problem solving Page 1 BEHAVIORAL AND
BRAIN SCIENCES (1996) 19,55-106 Printed in the United States of America What are "normal …

Whereas Latash & Anson (L&A) have underscored the rearrangement or setting of new
priorities, our primary focus is on preexisting central nervous system (CNS) priorities that …

Movement patterns in impaired gait are not selected by a smart central nervous system
(CNS), but arise by virtue of mutual constraints of task, limitations in personal dynamics …

We show that left-handers can be considered as a “special” population. We indicate that the
asymmetries in performance exhibited by left-handers are due to a basic asymmetry in the …

Latash & Anson propose that so-called abnormal movements may be stable and adaptive
coordination and control solutions to task goals in action. Their interpretation of this …

Impoverished resources may direct the pathologic central nervous system toward local
solutions during ontogeny. The resultant motor behavior can be systemically optimal without …

We start with a number of philosophical and theoretical issues related to motor control,
proceed through a spectrum of problems related to the role of adaptive changes in the …

Adaptive motor patterns that emerge after a neuromusculoskeletal lesion reflect not only the
primary lesion, but also the dynamic characteristics of the musculoskeletal linkage and …