Control strategies in object manipulation tasks.

• The remarkable manipulative skill of the human hand is not the result of rapid sensorimotor processes, nor of fast or powerful effector mechanisms. Rather, the secret lies in the way manual tasks are organized and controlled by the nervous system. At the heart of this organization is prediction. Successful manipulation requires the ability both to predict the motor commands required to grasp, lift, and move objects and to predict the sensory events that arise as a consequence of these commands.

Keyword

Animals

Central Nervous System/*physiology

Feedback/physiology

Fixation; Ocular

Hand/innervation/physiology

Hand Strength/*physiology

Humans

Movement/*physiology

Peripheral Nervous System/*physiology

Psychomotor Performance/*physiology

Sensation/physiology

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)