In the study of the computational structure of biological/robotic sensorimotor systems, distributed models have gained center stage in recent years, with a range of issues including self-organization, non-linear dynamics, field computing etc. This multidisciplinary research area is addressed here by a multidisciplinary team of contributors, who provide a balanced set of articulated presentations which include reviews, computational models, simulation studies, psychophysical, and neurophysiological experiments.The book is divided into three parts, each characterized by a slightly different focus: in part I, the major theme concerns computational maps which typically model cortical areas, according to a view of the sensorimotor cortex as "geometric engine" and the site of "internal models" of external spaces. Part II also addresses problems of self-organization and field computing, but in a simpler computational architecture which, although lacking a specialized cortical machinery, can still behave in a very adaptive and surprising way by exploiting the interaction with the real world. Finally part III is focused on the motor control issues related to the physical properties of muscular actuators and the dynamic interactions with the world.The reader will find different approaches on controversial issues, such as the role and nature of force fields, the need for internal representations, the nature of invariant commands, the vexing question about coordinate transformations, the distinction between hierachiacal and bi-directional modelling, and the influence of muscle stiffness.
Author(s): Pietro Morasso and Vittorio Sanguineti (Eds.)
Series: Advances in Psychology 119
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 1-635
Content:
List of contributors
Pages ix-xi
Prolegomena
Pages xiii-xvii
Cortical maps of sensorimotor spaces Original Research Article
Pages 1-36
Vittorio Sanguineti, Pietro Morasso, Francesco Frisone
Field computation in motor control Original Research Article
Pages 37-73
Bruce MacLennan
A probability interpretation of neural population coding for movement Original Research Article
Pages 75-116
Terence D. Sanger
Computational models of sensorimotor integration Original Research Article
Pages 117-147
Zoubin Ghahramani, Daniel M. Wolpert, Jordan Michale I.
How relevant are subcortical maps for the cortical machinery? An hypothesis based on parametric study of extrarelay afferents to primary sensory areas Original Research Article
Pages 149-168
Diego Minciacchi, Alberto Granato
Artificial force-field based methods in robotics Original Research Article
Pages 169-190
Toshio Tsuji, Pietro G. Morasso, Vittorio Sanguineti, Makoto Kaneko
Learning newtonian mechanics Original Research Article
Pages 191-237
Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, Emilio Bizzi
Motor intelligence in a simple distributed control system: Walking machines and stick insects Original Research Article
Pages 239-270
Holk Cruse, Jeffrey Dean
The dynamic neural field theory of motor programming: ARM and eye movements Original Research Article
Pages 271-310
Gregor Schöner, Klaus Kopecz, Wolfram Erlhagen
Network models in Motor control and Music Original Research Article
Pages 311-355
Antonio Camurri
Human ARM impedance in multi-joint movements Original Research Article
Pages 357-381
Toshio Tsuji
Neural models for flexible control of redundant systems Original Research Article
Pages 383-421
Frank H. Guenther, Daniele Micci Barreca
Models of motor adaptation and impedance control in human arm movements Original Research Article
Pages 423-481
Tamar Flash, Irina Gurevich
Control of human arm and jaw motion: Issues related to musculo-skeletal geometry Original Research Article
Pages 483-506
Paul L. Gribble, Rafael Laboissière, David J. Ostry
Computational maps and target fields for reaching movements Original Research Article
Pages 507-546
Vittorio Sanguineti, Pietro Morasso
From cortical maps to the control of muscles Original Research Article
Pages 547-591
Pietro Morasso, Vittorio Sanguineti
Learning to speak: Speech production and sensori-motor representations Original Research Article
Pages 593-615
Gérard Bailly, Rafael Laboissière, Arturo Galván
Author index
Pages 617-629
Subject index
Pages 631-635
