Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2002):

Practice and training in bimanual coordination tasks: strategies and constraints.

Full Abstract

There are a number of structural constraints on the coordination of the two hands. Understanding bimanual coordination involves not only identification of these constraints but also how they can be overcome or modulated. The performance of polyrhythms has been used to examine these issues. In this article the constraints on coordination are outlined and research on the acquisition of polyrhythms is reviewed. It is suggested that the constraints on the production of multifrequency ratios are overcome by integrating the timing of the two hands. Oscillator models of coordination are then considered and a two-process model of motor timing is suggested.Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science (USA).

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Author information

Author/s: Summers, Jeff (J);

Affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Jeff.Summers(-atsign-)utas.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Brain and cognition (Brain Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 48 (issue 1) : pp 166-78

Dates: Created 2002/01/28; Completed 2002/04/16; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11812040, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Hand - physiology Humans Learning

Movement - physiology Psychomotor Performance - physiology Time Factors

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