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  • Cognitive Science
  • Motor Control

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  • Motor control has been historically neglected in psychological research.
  • A 2005 article highlighted this gap, calling motor control "The Cinderella of Psychology."

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review reasons for motor control's marginalization in psychology.
  • To highlight experimental psychology's potential contributions to action generation research.
  • To discuss methods for studying action generation.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on action generation.
  • Focus on studies demonstrating how actions minimize successive changes.
  • Emphasis on naturalistic observation and simple experimental procedures.

Main Results:

  • Actions are predominantly generated to minimize changes between successive movements.
  • This strategy is computationally and physically economical.
  • Action generation involves considering and comparing various costs.

Conclusions:

  • Experimental psychologists can significantly contribute to understanding action generation.
  • Naturalistic observation and simple experiments are effective methods for studying action generation.
  • Future research should focus on psychologically-oriented action studies.