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Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance
On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.
@article{Sternad_PRE_2000, title = {Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance}, booktitle = {Physical Review E}, abstract = {On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.}, volume = {63}, number = {011902}, pages = {1-8}, year = {2000}, note = {clmc}, slug = {sternad_pre_2000}, author = {Sternad, D. and Duarte, M. and Katsumata, H. and Schaal, S.}, crossref = {p1250}, url = {http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000.pdf; http://www-clmc.usc.edu/publications/S/sternad-PHRE2000-press} }