Task-parameterized models of movements aim at automatically adapting movements to new
situations encountered by a robot. The task parameters can, for example, take the form of …

Fields studying movement generation, including robotics, psychology, cognitive science,
and neuroscience utilize concepts and tools related to the pervasiveness of variability in …

Safe locomotion is a crucial aspect of human daily living that requires well-functioning motor
control processes. The human neuromotor control of daily activities such as walking relies …

Individual players act as a coherent unit during team sports performance, forming a team
synergy. A synergy is a collective property of a task-specific organization of individuals, such …

Rationality principles such as optimal feedback control and Bayesian inference underpin a
probabilistic framework that has accounted for a range of empirical phenomena in biological …

Research Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition, demonstrates the range of available
research techniques and how to best apply this knowledge to ensure valid data collection. In …

Highlights•Analysis of variability provides information about control priorities.•Variability
comprises a multitude of processes that contribute to skill improvement.•Stages of learning …

Overuse injuries are generally defined as a repetitive micro-trauma to tissue. Many
researchers have associated particular biomechanical parameters as an indicator of such …

In recent years, concepts and tools from dynamical systems theory have been successfully
applied to the study of movement systems, contradicting traditional views of variability as …

We present the perspective that interpersonal movement coordination results from
establishing interpersonal synergies. Interpersonal synergies are higher-order control …