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An apparent excess of elemental variables (cf. redundancy); the term assumes that elemental variables (degrees-of-freedom) are not eliminated in voluntary movements, but they are all used to stabilize important task-related performance variables (principle of abundance).
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(2008). Abundance of Degrees of Freedom. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_19
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