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Introduction to Section on Perception and Action

Themes in Perception and Action

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Progress in Motor Control

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    Because the use of these concepts is widespread in motor control, and many readers of this volume are likely to be familiar with such work, the focus here will be on the application of these ideas in the context of ‘perception-action’ tasks for which both the perception and motor components are non-trivial.

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Fajen, B.R. (2009). Introduction to Section on Perception and Action. In: Sternad, D. (eds) Progress in Motor Control. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 629. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_13

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