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Dynamical Models of Rhythmic Interlimb Coordination

Relating pattern (in)stability to neural processes and effector properties

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Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination

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The dynamical system approach to movement coordination has highlighted the importance of stability and loss of stability of coordination patterns. The empirically observed stability characteristics of rhythmic interlimb coordination have been modeled in terms of gradient dynamics of the (order) parameter that defines the coordination modes. However, the high level of abstraction of these models precludes gaining insight into how the stability features result from underlying processes and system properties. Modeling the limb movements and their interactions as a system of coupled oscillators holds greater promise in this respect. Because the development of such models is mathematically underconstrained, the identified coordination dynamics may be used to determine stability-related aspects of relevant system properties and interaction processes, which may, in tum, constrain the dynamical modeling of rhythmic interlimb coordination.

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    C. Lieke E. Peper, Andreas Daffertshofer & Peter J. Beek

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Peper, C.L.E., Daffertshofer, A., Beek, P.J. (2004). Dynamical Models of Rhythmic Interlimb Coordination. In: Swinnen, S.P., Duysens, J. (eds) Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9056-3_11

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