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Force control in object manipulation--a model for the study of sensorimotor control strategies
Dennis A Nowak1, Stefan Glasauer, Joachim Hermsdörfer
1Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany; Neurologische Fachklinik Kipfenberg, Kipfenberg, Germany.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
|June 25, 2013
Summary
Human sensorimotor control of grip and lift forces involves complex predictive and reactive strategies. This review explores internal models for force control and debates surrounding object manipulation theories.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Biomechanics
- Human sensorimotor control
Background:
- Grasping and lifting objects engages sensorimotor and cognitive processes.
- This task involves intricate interactions between sensory systems, action planning, and predictive mechanisms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review predictive and reactive control strategies for grip and lift force.
- To discuss internal models for predictive force control.
- To address controversies in internal model theory for object manipulation.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of sensorimotor control research.
- Analysis of predictive and reactive control mechanisms.
- Examination of internal model theories in object manipulation.
Main Results:
- Grip and lift force control relies on integrating sensory information and internal predictions.
- Both predictive feedforward and reactive feedback mechanisms are crucial.
- Internal models are central to predictive force control, though their exact nature is debated.
Conclusions:
- Sensorimotor control of object manipulation is a complex, multi-system process.
- Understanding internal models is key to deciphering predictive force control.
- Ongoing research addresses controversies in the internal model theory of object manipulation.
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