Bernstein's Theory of Movement Behavior: Historical Development and Contemporary Relevance |
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Authors: | Rob Bongaardt Onno G. Meijer |
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Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Social Sciences and Technological Management , Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim , Norway;2. Faculty of Human Movement Sciences , Vrije Universiteit , Amsterdam , The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The traditional concept of cerebral dominance relies for support on the facts of handedness and the association of propositional speech with the leading hemisphere. This is regarded as evidence for specialization but not that the hemispheres are involved in an unchanging dominance relationship. The fact that the corpus callosum forms a bridge between the hemispheres means that they are not isolated units and that one may work through the other to control the functions of the limbs. Control however may be switched as the tasks demand the respective specializations of each hemisphere. |
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Keywords: | N. A. Bernstein coordination history of science motor control motor planning movement science self-organization |
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