Speaker

Prof. Nia Amazeen

Title

"Coordination Dynamics"

Abstract

Rhythmic interlimb coordination is characterized by two stable patterns: in-phase and anti-phase. The unidirectional phase transition from anti-phase to in-phase with increases in movement frequency has led to the modeling of interlimb coordination by a dynamical equation in which relative phase is the order parameter and movement frequency one of the control parameters (Haken, Kelso, & Bunz, 1985; Kelso, Delcolle, & Schvner, 1990). Symmetry properties of interlimb coordination will be discussed, including: temporal and spatial asymmetries, handedness and attentional asymmetries, and learning and transfer.

Haken, H., Kelso, J. A. S., & Bunz, H. (1985). A theoretical model of phase transitions in human hand movements. Biological Cybernetics, 51, 347-356.

Kelso, J. A. S., DelColle, J. D., & Schvner, G. (1990). Action-perception as a pattern formation process. In M. Jeannerod (Ed.), Attention and performance XIII (pp. 139-169).