Dynamic field theory of movement preparation

• Published in: Psychological review Vol. 109; no. 3; p. 545
• Main Authors: Erlhagen, Wolfram, Schöner, Gregor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2002
• Subjects: Humans; Models, Psychological; Movement - physiology; Neurophysiology; Nonlinear Dynamics; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology

A theoretical framework for understanding movement preparation is proposed. Movement parameters are represented by activation fields, distributions of activation defined over metric spaces. The fields evolve under the influence of various sources of localized input, representing information about up...