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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• MacKenzie, Christie L.
• Marteniuk, Ronald G.

Titel

Bimanual Coordination

Ist Teil von

• Advances in Psychology, 1985, Vol.23, p.345-358

Ort / Verlag

Amsterdam: Elsevier Science & Technology

Erscheinungsjahr

1985

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Bimanual coordination and coordination of a single limb are viewed as special cases of multimovement coordination. Thus, a more detailed examination of single and dual limb movements may provide insight into the processes underlying normal and disordered limb praxis. We identify a number of dimensions on which bimanual tasks might be classified, noting that much of the research indicates an intrinsic relationship between the two limbs. Regardless of whether or not the task places spatiotemporal contraints on the two limbs, there appear to be internal constraints on bimanual movements that give rise to preferred, stable modes of motor control, To understand these constraints we suggest that bimanual coordination can be understood through sensorimotor integration processes where acquisition of bimanual skill involves a specific sensorimotor integration, leading to the ability to verify relations among limbs to achieve environmental goals. Finally, implications of this view for understanding motor deficits due to apraxia are presented.