Body Mechanics, Optimality, and Sensory Feedback in the Human Control of Complex Objects.

ABSTRACT: Humans are adept at a wide variety of motor skills, including the handling of complex objects and using tools. Advances to understand the control of voluntary goal-directed movements have focused on simple behaviors such as reaching, uncoupled to any additional object dynamics. Under these simplified conditions, basic elements of motor control, such as the roles of body mechanics, objective functions, and sensory feedback, have been characterized. However, these elements have mostly been examined in isolation, and the interactions between these elements have received less attention. This study examined a task with internal dynamics, inspired by the daily skill of transporting a cup of coffee, with additional expected or unexpected perturbations to probe the structure of the controller. Usi

SUBMITTER: Razavian RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10246336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature