Ebook: Cognition and Motor Processes

The issue of the relationship between cognition and motor processes can be - and has been - raised at different levels of analysis. At the neurophysiological level it refers to the interactions between afferent and efferent information. At the neurological and neuropsychological level it relates to the mutual dependencies between the sensory and the motor part of the brain, or, more precisely, between sensory and motor functions of various parts of the brain. In psychology, the issue under debate concerns, at a molecular level, the relationship between percep­ tion and movement or, at a more molar level, the relations between cognition and action. For the title of this book we deliberately decided to combine two terms that are taken from two of these levels ,in order to emphasize both the multilevel structure of the issues involved and the multidis­ ciplinary nature of the following contributions. Although the term "cognition" has been tremendously misused in recent years (at least in psychology), it is still the only term available to serve as a convenient collective name for all sorts of cognitive processes and functions.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cognitivism and Future Theories of Action: Some Basic Issues....Pages 3-18
A Distributed Processing View of Human Motor Control....Pages 19-27
The Apraxias, Purposeful Motor Behavior, and Left-Hemisphere Function....Pages 29-50
A Motor-Program Editor....Pages 51-61
Eye Movement Control During Reading: The Effect of Word Units....Pages 63-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Motor Theories of Cognitive Structure: A Historical Review....Pages 77-98
Context Effects and Efferent Factors in Perception and Cognition....Pages 99-119
Saccadic Eye Movements and Visual Stability: Preliminary Considerations Towards a Cognitive Approach....Pages 121-137
Scanning and the Distribution of Attention: The Current Status of Heron’s Sensory-Motor Theory....Pages 139-148
The Relationship Between Motor Processes and Cognition in Tactile Vision Substitution....Pages 149-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Mechanisms of Voluntary Movement....Pages 163-173
Evaluation: The Missing Link Between Cognition and Action....Pages 175-184
Modes of Linkage Between Perception and Action....Pages 185-193
The Contribution of Vision-Based Imagery to the Acquisition and Operation of a Transcription Skill....Pages 195-208
Speech Production and Comprehension: One Lexicon or Two?....Pages 209-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
S-Oh-R: Oh Stages! Oh Resources!....Pages 231-253
Automatic Processing: A Review of Recent Findings and a Plea for an Old Theory....Pages 255-293
Motor Learning as a Process of Structural Constriction and Displacement....Pages 295-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Cognition and Action in Development: A Tutorial Discussion....Pages 309-325
Biodynamic Structures, Cognitive Correlates of Motive Sets and the Development of Motives in Infants....Pages 327-350
Back Matter....Pages 361-378
Discontinuity in the Development of Motor Control in Children....Pages 351-360

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cognitivism and Future Theories of Action: Some Basic Issues....Pages 3-18
A Distributed Processing View of Human Motor Control....Pages 19-27
The Apraxias, Purposeful Motor Behavior, and Left-Hemisphere Function....Pages 29-50
A Motor-Program Editor....Pages 51-61
Eye Movement Control During Reading: The Effect of Word Units....Pages 63-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Motor Theories of Cognitive Structure: A Historical Review....Pages 77-98
Context Effects and Efferent Factors in Perception and Cognition....Pages 99-119
Saccadic Eye Movements and Visual Stability: Preliminary Considerations Towards a Cognitive Approach....Pages 121-137
Scanning and the Distribution of Attention: The Current Status of Heron’s Sensory-Motor Theory....Pages 139-148
The Relationship Between Motor Processes and Cognition in Tactile Vision Substitution....Pages 149-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Mechanisms of Voluntary Movement....Pages 163-173
Evaluation: The Missing Link Between Cognition and Action....Pages 175-184
Modes of Linkage Between Perception and Action....Pages 185-193
The Contribution of Vision-Based Imagery to the Acquisition and Operation of a Transcription Skill....Pages 195-208
Speech Production and Comprehension: One Lexicon or Two?....Pages 209-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
S-Oh-R: Oh Stages! Oh Resources!....Pages 231-253
Automatic Processing: A Review of Recent Findings and a Plea for an Old Theory....Pages 255-293
Motor Learning as a Process of Structural Constriction and Displacement....Pages 295-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Cognition and Action in Development: A Tutorial Discussion....Pages 309-325
Biodynamic Structures, Cognitive Correlates of Motive Sets and the Development of Motives in Infants....Pages 327-350
Back Matter....Pages 361-378
Discontinuity in the Development of Motor Control in Children....Pages 351-360
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