Aspects of Motor Control
Motor control can be thought to concern two types of movements: volitional and reflexive.
Beyond anatomical divisions, motor coordination studies often seek to explore one of the following questions:
- What physics and mathematical modeling of the limb movement may be involved?
- How complicated and coordinated is the limb movement? How are movements of several joints coordinated?
Fortunately for researchers, multi-limb movements can often be modeled by simple mathematical models. A single limb can be broken down into components such as muscles, tendons, bones, and nerves. The physics are then derived with the aid of modern computers. The study of multi-limb movement is then only slightly more complicated. The development of elementary models of intelligence, along with a gambit of built-in reflexive reactions, is suited to the modeling of this system.
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