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Synchronization of Rhythm in Motor Actions

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Rhythms in Physiological Systems

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Motor rhythms studied on the level of behavioral phenomenology are surveyed in this paper and alternative views to the concept of motor programming are presented. First, v. Hoist’s concept of coupled oscillators and the Fourier coding model are discussed. The experimental data presented do not confirm frequency-specific processing if dissociated from the phase angle information. Then physical and cognitive principles of self-organization in the motor domain are investigated. Following the results of experimental studies the principle of exploitation of kinetic energy seems to be an organizing factor in motor actions. Furthermore the results of serial reproduction experiments show that the cyclical movement rhythms converge to the same eigen-structure of simple harmonic relations. Finally it is concluded that there is a transition in the development of goal-directed action from goal-adjustment to goal-attraction.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Bremen, W-2800, Bremen 33, Germany

    M. Stadler & P. Kruse

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, W-8000, München 40, Germany

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik der Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV, W-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    Hermann Haken

  2. Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, FL 33431, Boca Raton, USA

    Hermann Haken

  3. Institut für Physiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    Hans Peter Koepchen

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Stadler, M., Vogt, S., Kruse, P. (1991). Synchronization of Rhythm in Motor Actions. In: Haken, H., Koepchen, H.P. (eds) Rhythms in Physiological Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76877-4_16

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