Part I. Introduction to Motor Behavior

Chapter 1. Evolution of a Field of Study

Understanding Movement

Origins of the Field

Summary

Chapter 2. Methodology for Studying Motor Performance

Classification of Motor Skills

Basic Considerations in Measurement

Measuring Motor Behavior

Measuring and Evaluating Relationships

Reliability and Individual Differences

Summary

Chapter 3. Human Information Processing

Information-Processing Model

Three Stages of Information Processing

Anticipation

Signal-Detection Theory

Memory

Summary

Chapter 4. Attention and Performance

Types of Attention

Theories of Attention

Competition for Attention

Attention During Movement

Focus of Attention

Automaticity: The Constrained Action Hypothesis

Attention and Anxiety

Summary

Part II. Motor Control

Chapter 5. Sensory and Perceptual Contributions to Motor Control

Closed-Loop Control Systems

Vision

Audition

Proprioceptors

Proprioception and Motor Control

Feedforward Influences on Motor Control

Summary

Chapter 6. Central Contributors to Motor Control

Open-Loop Processes

Central Control Mechanisms

Central Control of Rapid Movements

Generalized Motor Programs

Summary

Chapter 7. Principles of Speed and Accuracy

Fitts' Law: The Logarithmic Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off

Linear Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off (Schmidt's Law)

Temporal Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off

Central Contributions to the Spatial Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off

Correction Models of the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off

Summary

Chapter 8. Coordination

Discrete Tasks

Continuous Tasks

A Dynamical-Systems Account of Coordination

Summary

Part III. Motor Learning

Chapter 9. Motor Learning Concepts and Research Methods

Defining Motor Learning

Measuring Motor Learning

Designing Experiments on Learning

Using Alternative Methods to Measure Learning

Understanding Issues About the "Amount" of Learning

Understanding Learning and Performance Variables

Summary

Chapter 10. Conditions of Practice

Verbal information

Focus of Attention

Motivational Influences on Learning

Observational Learning

Mental Practice

Distribution of Practice

Variability of Practice

Contextual Interference

Guidance

Summary

Chapter 11. Augmented Feedback

Classifications and Definitions

Informational Functions of Feedback

Motivational Functions of Feedback

Attentional Focus Functions of Feedback

Theoretical Issues: How Does Augmented Feedback "Work"?

Summary

Chapter 12. The Learning Process

Stages of Motor Learning

Closed-Loop Theory

Schema Theory

Differing Theoretical Perspectives of Motor Learning

OPTIMAL Theory

Summary

Chapter 13. Retention and Transfer

Fundamental Distinctions and Definitions

Measuring Retention and Transfer

Retention and Motor Memory

Retention Loss

Transfer of Learning

Summary