Separating the issues involved in the role of bodily movement in perception and perceptual-motor coordination

1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Robert B. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Bodily Movement

Children’s use of gesture and action with static and dynamic verbs

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Mats Andrén ◽  
Johan Blomberg
Keyword(s):  
Bodily Movement ◽  
Old Swedish ◽  
Action Verbs

Abstract The present study investigates the use of gestures by 18-, 24- and 30-month-old Swedish children, as well as their practical actions in coordination with verbs. Previous research on connections between children’s verbs and gestures has mainly focused only on iconic gestures and action verbs. We expand the research foci in two ways: we look both at gestures and at practical actions, examining how the two are coordinated with static verbs (e.g. sleep) and dynamic verbs (e.g. fall). Thanks to these additional distinctions, we have found that iconic gestures and iconic actions (the latter in particular) most commonly occurred with dynamic verbs. Static verbs were most commonly accompanied by deictic actions and deictic gestures (the latter in particular). At 30 months, deictic bodily expressions, including both gestures and actions, increased, whereas iconic expressions decreased. We suggest that this may reflect a transition to less redundant ways of using bodily expressions at 30 months, where bodily movement increasingly takes on the role of specifying verb arguments rather than expressing the semantics of the verb itself.

The Role of Bodily Movement in Learning and Performing Music: Applications for Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 768-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane W. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
The Body ◽  
Musical Experience ◽  
Performance Skills ◽  
Music Production ◽  
Bodily Movement ◽  
Musical Knowledge ◽  
And Performance

This article explores the fundamental role of bodily movement in the development of musical knowledge and performance skills; in particular, how the body can be used to understand expressive musical material and to communicate that meaning to coperformers and audience. The relevance to the educator is explored (whether working with a child or adult beginner, or a more advanced learner). The article is divided into six main sections, tracing the role of body movement skill in music production, expressive musical performance, developing learners to play their musical instruments with technical and expressive appropriateness, coperformer coordination, and projection for audience perception. The work builds on a growing interest in the embodied nature of musical experience. The article concludes with case study observations of practical insights and applications for the teacher.

Interpersonal motor coordination during joint actions in children with and without autism spectrum disorder: The role of motor information

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Fulceri ◽  
Alessandro Tonacci ◽  
Andrea Lucaferro ◽  
Fabio Apicella ◽  
Antonio Narzisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Joint Actions ◽  
Motor Information

scholarly journals Cerebellar Development and Plasticity: Perspectives for Motor Coordination Strategies, for Motor Skills, and for Therapy

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 153-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Swinny ◽  
J. J. L. van der Want ◽  
A. Gramsbergen
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Morphological Development ◽  
Late Development ◽  
Coordination Strategies ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Spatial Identification

The role of the mammalian cerebellum ranges from motor coordination, sensory-motor integration, motor learning, and timing to nonmotor functions such as cognition. In terms of motor function, the development of the cerebellum is of particular interest because animal studies show that the development of the cerebellar cortical circuitry closely parallels motor coordination. Ultrastructural analysis of the morphological development of the cerebellar circuitry, coupled with the temporal and spatial identification of the neurochemical substrates expressed during development, will help to elucidate their roles in the establishment of the cerebellar circuitry and hence motor activity. Furthermore, the convenience of a number of naturally occurring mouse mutations has allowed a functional dissection of the various cellular elements that make up the cerebellar circuitry. This understanding will also help in the approach to possible therapies of pathologies arising during development because tile cerebellum is especially prone to such perturbation because of its late development.

Attention—Dependent Visual Capture in Double Vision

Perception ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinsuke Shimojo
Keyword(s):  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Visual Image ◽  
Body Part ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Double Vision ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Visual Capture ◽  
Focal Attention

When the visual image of a body part, such as a finger, is doubled by a prism, the ‘felt’ position of that body part is captured by one of its visual images. Moving eye fixation from one to the other visual image is accompanied by a quick shift of the felt position. When focal attention is dissociated from foveation, the former determines visual capture. These new observations underline an active role of focal attention in intersensory integration and sensory—motor coordination of body parts.

The role of the angiotensin AT2 receptor on the diurnal variations of nociception and motor coordination in rats

Peptides ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 152-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.M. Pechlivanova ◽  
P.P. Markova ◽  
D. Popov ◽  
A.G. Stoynev
Keyword(s):  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Diurnal Variations ◽  
At2 Receptor
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