Abstract
Like other overlearned behaviors, adults tend to take their own perceptual-motor skills for granted and are often mystified by the obvious difficulty infants and young children display when they attempt to perform “simple” motor movements. Yet, even “simple” physical movements are actually extremely complex acts. Fitts (1964), for example, noted that the motor movements needed to hit a baseball are so complex that the computer program needed to command a robot arm to perform the same act would be as sophisticated as a computer program designed to play chess.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Suggested Readings
Darwin, C. R. The expression of emotion in man and animals. New York: Appleton and Company, 1896. Originally published in London by Murray in 1872.
Ekman, P. Telling lies. New York: Norton, 1985. An excellent review of literature on deception in nonverbal communication.
Evarts, E. V. Brain mechanisms of movement. Scientific American, 1979, 241 (3), 164–179.
Rinn, W. E. The neuropsychology of facial expression: A review of the neurological and psychological mechanisms for producing facial expressions. Psychological Bulletin,1984, 95(1) , 181–187.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1988 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Thompson, J.G. (1988). The Skeletal Muscle System I. In: The Psychobiology of Emotions. Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2121-5_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2121-5_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-2123-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-2121-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive