Accession Number:

ADA090107

Title:

Dynamic Characteristics of Human Motor Performance in Control Systems.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Sep 75-Nov 79,

Corporate Author:

MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS DEPT OF PHYSIOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Terzuolo,Carlo

Report Date:

1979-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The main point of the project is to study the relation between the parameters of movement and the motor output patterns to the working muscles in order to obtain information about the underlying control system. Several lines of investigation have been used in addition to input-output studies with human subjects. The input, largely comprising information from muscle receptors, has been further illustrated by specific studies of muslce spindle receptors and nerve membrane properties. The central organization has been studied in various animal experiments in various motor control problems including the neural control of respiration and vestibular organization. In addition, computer simulations of small neuronal networks have added an understanding of circuits involved in motor performance. Author

Descriptors:

• *NEURAL NETS
• *NERVE CELLS
• *MOTOR REACTIONS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• SIMULATION
• MEMBRANES(BIOLOGY)
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• HUMANS
• PARAMETERS
• MOTION
• INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING
• PATTERNS
• MUSCLES
• RESPIRATION
• VESTIBULAR APPARATUS

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Bionics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE