Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 1996 - Volume 19, Special Issue 03 (An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary)  

Open Peer Commentary

The notions of joint stiffness and synaptic plasticity in motor memory

Lev P. Latasha1 and Mark L. Latasha1

a1 Biomechanics Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. mll11@psu.edu

Abstract

We criticize the synaptic theory of long-term memory and the inappropriate usage of physical notions such as “joint stiffness” in motor control theories. Motor control and motor memory hypotheses should be based on explicitly specified hypothetical control variables that are sound from both physiological and physical perspectives. [HOUK et al.; SMITH; THACH]