Perceptible goals matter, but let's not overdo it!

Peter J Beek, C Lieke E Peper
Author Information
  1. Peter J Beek: Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p_j_beek@fbw.vu.nl

Abstract

F. Mechsner's (2004) Imaginative experiments underscored the importance of perceptual-cognitive factors in motor control. However, his account of motor planning is in need of precise operational definitions of its key concepts; the importance of neuromuscular constraints and coordinative stability is not acknowledged in his view on motor execution; and his account of motor learning is challenged by both empirical and anecdotal observations.

MeSH Term

Electromyography
Goals
Humans
Learning
Motor Skills
Muscle, Skeletal

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