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Published on: May 8, 2021
Interlimb coordination: real constraints and false dichotomies
1UMR 6152 "Mouvement et Perception," Université de la Méditerranée et CNRS, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille, France. temprado@laps.univ-mrs.fr
Abstract:
Despite the recent advances in the field of coordination dynamics addressing the interplay of constraints of different natures in the emergence of human coordination, F. Mechsner (2004) invites us to revive hierarchical and dichotomous thinking b y offering again his exclusive position that coordinated movements are (purely) perceptual-cognitive/psychological in nature. In this comment, the authors address a number of theoretical and methodological issues that might potentially puzzle the readers of Mechsner's article. They contend that the dichotomy proposed by Mechsner (i.e., perceptual-cognitive vs. motor) constitutes a restrictive framework for understanding human coordination.
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