On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.
| Author(s): | Sternad, D. and Duarte, M. and Katsumata, H. and Schaal, S. |
| Book Title: | Physical Review E |
| Volume: | 63 |
| Number (issue): | 011902 |
| Pages: | 1-8 |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| URL: | http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000.pdf; http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000-press |
| Cross Ref: | p1250 |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
| Note: | clmc |
BibTex
@article{Sternad_PRE_2000,
title = {Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance},
booktitle = {Physical Review E},
abstract = {On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.},
volume = {63},
number = {011902},
pages = {1-8},
year = {2000},
note = {clmc},
slug = {sternad_pre_2000},
author = {Sternad, D. and Duarte, M. and Katsumata, H. and Schaal, S.},
crossref = {p1250},
url = {http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000.pdf; http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000-press}
}