On the concept of coordinative structures as dissipative structures: I. Theoretical lines of convergence.
| Number | 297 |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Drawer | 5 |
| Entry Date | 06/03/1999 |
| Authors | Kugler, P. N., Kelso, J. A. S., & Turvey, M. T. |
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| Publication | In G. E. Stelmach & J. Requin (Eds.), Tutorials in motor behavior (pp. 3-47). New York: North-Holland. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0297.pdf |
| Abstract | A model construct for coordination and control is pursued according to three related guidelines: (1) that it directly address Bernstein’s problem of how to explain the regulation of the many biokinematic degrees of freedom with minimal recourse to an “intelligent regulator”; (2) that it be miserly on the number of explanatory principles, sui generis; and (3) that it be consistent with established strictures of non-equilibrium thermo-dynamics, that is, physical principles that inform biological design. Argument is given that a group of muscles constrained to act as a unit, a coordinative structure, is a member of the class of thermodynamic engines qua dissipative structures and that this membership gives a principled basis for understanding the characteristics of coordination and control. |
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