Synergies in coordination: A comprehensive overview of neural, computational, and behavioral approaches
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Michaela Bruton and Nicholas J. O'Dwyer. (2018). Synergies in coordination: A comprehensive overview of neural, computational, and behavioral approaches. Journal of Neurophysiology. 120(6), pp. 2761-2774. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00052.2018
Authors | Michaela Bruton and Nicholas J. O'Dwyer |
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Abstract | At face value, the term “synergy” provides a unifying concept within a fractured field that encompasses complementary neural, computational, and behavioral approaches. However, the term is not used synonymously by different researchers but has substantially different meanings depending on the research approach. With so many operational definitions for the one term, it becomes difficult to use as either a descriptive or explanatory concept, yet it remains pervasive and apparently indispensable. Here we provide a summary of different approaches that invoke synergies in a descriptive or explanatory context, summarizing progress, not within the one approach, but across the theoretical landscape. Bernstein’s framework of flexible hierarchical control may provide a unifying framework here, since it can incorporate divergent ideas about synergies. In the current motor control literature, synergy may refer to conceptually different processes that could potentially operate in parallel, across different levels within the same hierarchical control scheme. There is evidence for the concurrent existence of synergies with different features, both “hard-wired” and “soft-wired,” and task independent and task dependent. By providing a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted ideas about synergies, our goal is to move away from the compartmentalization and narrow the focus on one level and promote a broader perspective on the control and coordination of movement. |
Keywords | coordinative structure; degrees of freedom; hierarchy; module; primitive |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Neurophysiology |
Journal citation | 120 (6), pp. 2761-2774 |
Publisher | American Physiological Society |
ISSN | 0022-3077 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00052.2018 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85058973848 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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Deposited | 13 May 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w0q2/synergies-in-coordination-a-comprehensive-overview-of-neural-computational-and-behavioral-approaches
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