135 – The Problem of Motor Redundancy vs the Bliss of Motor Abundance

Feb 5, 2019

Is having numerous possible solutions to a motor task a problem of redundancy that must be solved by somehow restricting the perception-action system? Or is it a gift of abundance that allows us to better adapt and react to our environment by developing new synergies?

 

Articles:

There is no motor redundancy in human movements. There is motor abundance

The Bliss of Motor Abundance

Stages in learning motor synergies: A view based on the equilibrium-point hypothesis

Motor abundance and control structure in the golf swing

Learning a throwing task is associated with differential changes in the use of motor abundance

 

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