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Coordination.

M T Turvey1

  • 1Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

The American Psychologist
|August 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary
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This study revisits Bernstein's problem in motor control, exploring how complex movements are coordinated. It summarizes past research and presents new theories focusing on self-organization principles for movement mastery.

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Area of Science:

  • Motor Control
  • Biophysics
  • Systems Neuroscience

Background:

  • Bernstein's problem addresses controlling the numerous degrees of freedom in human movement.
  • Early research focused on regulatory mechanisms without over-burdening central control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize achievements in the first phase of Bernstein's problem research.
  • To present new theories and research exemplifying the second phase, emphasizing self-organization.

Main Methods:

  • Review of historical theories and experimental approaches to motor coordination.
  • Presentation of six contemporary research examples illustrating second-round theories.

Main Results:

  • The first round successfully framed coordination as a problem of reducing degrees of freedom.

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  • The second round explores coordination through general laws and collective self-organization principles.

    • Conclusions:

    • Coordination research is evolving from control-centric to self-organization-based explanations.
    • New theoretical frameworks offer broader insights into complex biological systems.